Despite advances in surgical technique, anaesthetic management and postoperative care,
acute lung injury (ALI) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In 1994 …

Acute lung injury is a diffuse inflammatory process with increased pulmonary vascular
permeability, alveolar and interstitial oedema and increased lung weight. Widespread …

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a spectrum of pulmonary insufficiency ranging from minor and
easily correctable hypoxemia to severe refractory respiratory failure or acute respiratory …

Acute lung injury (ALI), first described by Ashbaugh in 1967 (1), is a disorder withvarying
degrees of pulmonary cellular damage (parenchymal and vascular) that altersalveolar …

Definitions Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
constitute the major reason for acute respiratory failure in the surgical population, including …

The clinical description that defines acute lung injury (ALI) has been around for more than
50 years. The clinical picture has carried many different definitions, but what was known as …

Lung injury is the term used to describe the pul-monary response to a broad range of
injuries occurring either directly to the lung or as the consequence of injury or inflammation …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
are syndromes with a spectrum of increasing severity of lung injury defined by physiologic …

The occurrence of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
after thoracic surgery are perplexing and persistent problems. Variously described as …

Trauma to the respiratory tract may cause res-piratory failure and critical illness by several
mechanisms. In this article we discuss three such conditions that are best managed by a …