Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) as common life-threatening lung diseases with high mortality rates are mostly …

Background Over the last decade, several studies have suggested that survival rates for
patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS may have improved. We performed a …

Objectives To evaluate the incidence and mortality of acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) in medical/respiratory intensive care units (MICUs/RICUs) to assess ventilation …

Objective: There has been increasing evidence that angiotensin II may play an important
role in the pathogenesis and in the evolution of acute lung injury. It was therefore …

Background: We investigated the incidence and severity of post‐injury morbidity and
mortality in intensive care unit (ICU)‐treated trauma patients. We also identified risk factors …

Aim: To investigate the incidence, clinical management, mortality and its risk factors, major
outcome and costs of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and acute respiratory …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represent a
significant global burden of morbidity and mortality, with lung injury being the primary cause …

Background and aim ARDS can occur from the following two pathogenetic pathways: a
direct pulmonary injury (ARDSp); and an indirect injury (ARDSexp). The predisposing …

Objective To assess the incidence of, predisposing factors for, and the rates and relative
risks of mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in pediatric patients …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are a complex
response of the lung to direct or indirect insults, characterized by sudden-onset severe …