Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a form of acute lung injury which usually
occurs within 24 hours of a major illness or injury. Unfortunately a clear definition of ARDS …

Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical syndrome of severe
dyspnoea of rapid onset, hypoxemia, and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates leading to respiratory …

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after major trauma has been
associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates. Recently, there have been marked …

The incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) varies significantly from study
to study, from 5.0 to 78.9 per 100,000 persons per year regardless of severity. Within each …

The reported incidence of ARDS is highly variable (2.5%–19% of intensive care unit (ICU)
patients) and varies depending on study patient population used. We undertook a 6-month …

Background Because of recent advances in the treatment and improved outcome of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we present an overview of ARDS to update general …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) are syndromes
that commonly affect intensive care patients. Initially termed the adult respiratory distress …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complex inflammatory process with
multifactorial etiologies. Risk factors for its development have been extensively studied, but …

PURPOSE: The incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was previously
considered to be relatively low, at less than 10 cases per 100000 inhabitants per year, but …