Current operational definitions rely for the most part on three features of the adult respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS): hypoxia, decreased pulmonary compliance, and diffuse …

Toestablish whether a general dysfunction, Ie, an Increase In permeability, had occurred in
16 trauma patients (6 with adult respiratory distress syndrome [ARDS]), wemeasured fh …

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) can be used as a means for investigating the inflammatory
and immue processes of the human lung. BAL fluids were obtained from ARDS patients in …

Study objective: To establish the natural history of lung injury in adult respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) in terms of increased pulmonary vascular permeability. Secondly, to …

It has been suggested that the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a manifestation
of a generalized vascular permeability defect. Low-level urinary albumin excretion reflects …

• The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common syndrome of diffuse lung
injury with high mortality. An underlying mechanism is pulmonary microvascular injury …

The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) usually refers to the acute onset of
hypoxaemia, bilateral diffuse chest radiographic shadowing and decreased lung …

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic value of plasma protein levels for pulmonary vascular
permeability and acute respiratory distress syndrome. During acute lung injury and acute …

THE FORMATION AND THE RESOLUTION of pulmonary edema is determined by several
mechanisms, including lung vascular pressure, lung endothelial and epithelial permeability …

Although edema, that is, accumulation of excess fluid in the lungs, occurs when filtration
pressures are increased in the lung microcirculation and in response to lung injury …