Acute lung injury (ALI) and its presentation with more severe hypoxemia, the ARDS, is a
challenging entity for clinical investigation because, like many critical illness syndromes, it …

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 …

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 …

Objective Recent estimates of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) incidence have
varied from 1.3 to 22 per 100,000 person years (10 5 person· years); the incidence of acute …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) are distinctly
modern clinical entities. First described in 1967 1 and codified by a consensus of experts in …

The epidemiology of ALI and ARDS has some issues to improve, such as the accuracy of the
clinical criteria of ALI/ARDS. Future research must to include study of genetic polymorphisms …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a heterogeneous disorder that may be
triggered by myriad etiologies (both pulmonary and extrapulmonary). Mortality rates for …

Rationale: Significant progress has been made in understanding the pathogenesis of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Recent advances in hospital practice may have …

The description of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a distinct entity was first
reported by Ashbaugh and colleagues 1 in 1967, defined as a clinical pattern including …

Objectives To re-examine the epidemiology of acute lung injury (ALI) in European intensive
care units (ICUs). Design and setting A 2-month inception cohort study in 78 ICUs of 10 …