ContextThe acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are critical illnesses
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Mechanical ventilation is the cornerstone …

Ventilatory management of acute respiratory distress syndrom... : Critical Care Medicine
Ventilatory management of acute respiratory distress syndrome: A consensus of two : Critical …

Context Low-tidal-volume ventilation reduces mortality in critically ill patients with acute lung
injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Instituting additional strategies to open …

Background Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are life
threatening clinical conditions seen in critically ill patients with diverse underlying illnesses …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a potentially devastating form of acute
inflammatory lung injury with a high short-term mortality rate and significant long-term …

Rationale: The American Thoracic Society/European Society for Intensive Care
Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines on mechanical ventilation in adult …

Gentle lung ventilation must be standard practice. Because stress and strain are the triggers
of ventilator-induced lung injury, their clinical equivalents should be measured …

Background: Trials have provided conflicting results regarding the effect of different
ventilatory strategies on the outcomes of patients with the acute respiratory distress …

Objectives To review the challenges of providing mechanical ventilatory support for
respiratory failure while avoiding ventilator-associated lung injury in patients with acute lung …

Objectives: Despite decades of research, the acute respiratory distress syndrome remains
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This Concise Definitive Review provides …