Context Acute lung injury (ALI) and ARDS are currently defined by the American-European
Consensus Conference (AECC) definition criteria, which contain a radiographic criterion …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute respiratory failure produced by an
inflammatory edema secondary to increased lung capillary permeability. This causes …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the appearance, extent, and distribution of
parenchymal changes in the lung after acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has multiple causes and is characterized
by acute lung inflammation and increased pulmonary vascular permeability, leading to …

CT scan of the lungs of patients with Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) is increasingly being
used despite logistic diiliculties of transporting severely ill patients to the CT scan facilities …

Background: The American–European Consensus Conference definition for the acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has never been validated. Objective: To compare …

Background Differential diagnosis between acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (APE) and
acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) may often be difficult. We …

A direct insult has been studied in experimental models by using intra-tracheal instillation of
endotoxin [11], complement [12], tumor necrosis factor [13], or bacteria [14]. After a direct …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) are devastating
clinical syndromes that are characterized by the sudden onset of severe hypoxemia and …

Because this year is the golden anniversary of the first clinical description of ARDS in 1967,
we have used the acronym 'GOLDEN'to frame our review. It is clear that although much has …