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 …

This narrative review explores the physiology and evidence-based management of patients
with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and refractory hypoxemia, with a …

Over the last decade, the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has
made considerable progress both regarding supportive and pharmacologic therapies. Lung …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes a heterogeneous lung injury and
remains a serious medical problem, with one of the only treatments being supportive care in …

Objectives: Elucidate how the degree of ventilator-induced lung injury due to atelectrauma
that is produced in the injured lung during mechanical ventilation is determined by both the …

Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in a... : Current Opinion in Critical Care
Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome …

In the pursuit of science, competitive ideas and debate are necessary means to attain
knowledge and expose our ignorance. To quote Murray Gell-Mann (1969 Nobel Prize …

APRV Pressure Cycles With Superimposed Spontaneous Breathing. APRV involves
pressure cycles with superimposed spontaneous breathing, and this mode functions as a …

A mechanical ventilator assumes the responsibility, either fully or partially, for the ventilatory
work conducted by the patient. This life-support intervention is deployed across a spectrum …

Introduction Although there has been extensive research on mechanical ventilation for acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), treatment remains mainly supportive. Recent studies …