Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinically defined entity describing the
severity of diffuse alveolar injury caused by direct or indirect injury to the lung …

Among ventilated children, the incidence of acute lung injury (ALI) was 9%; of that latter
group 80% developed the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The population …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its most severe manifestation of Acute Respiratory Distress
Syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical syndrome of inflammation of the lung triggered by both direct …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is commonly associated with severe sepsis.
While the criteria for diagnosis have evolved since the first description in 1967, the …

Objectives: To describe mechanical ventilation strategies in acute lung injury and to estimate
the number of eligible patients for clinical trials on mechanical ventilation management. In …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute form of severe alveolar–capillary
injury that evolves after a direct or indirect lung insult. It begins as noncardiogenic …

The data available to guide clinical management of acute lung injury and acute respiratory
distress syndrome are much more limited for infants and children than for adult patients. This …

Acute lung injury remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in paediatric intensive
care units. Research over the past decade has altered our understanding of the …

Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS), are devastating disorders of overwhelming pulmonary inflammation and …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe condition with a high mortality rate,
despite conventional treatment using mechanical ventilation. Better understanding of the …