The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues as a contributor to the morbidity
and mortality of patients in intensive care units throughout the world, imparting tremendous …

Objective: Changing the position from supine to prone is an emerging strategy to improve
gas exchange in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The aim of …

Objectives: To determine whether the response to the prone position differs between acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) resulting from a pulmonary cause (ARDS p) and that …

Prone positioning to improve oxygenation in acute lung injury was first reported over 20
years ago. Although this and several subsequent studies have shown that prone positioning …

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of superimposing incremental levels of
positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during partial liquid ventilation (PLV) on gas …

Background Despite increasing knowledge about partialliquid ventilation (PLV), the optimal
dose of perfluorocarbon (PFC) isnot yet established. Because there exist normal regions in …

This study was designed to examine whether the oxygenation response in the prone
position differs in magnitude depending on the level of positive end-expiratory pressure …

The concept of liquid breathing by land animals is extremely counterintuitive and virtually
oxymoronic. The notion of liquid breathing became possible in the 1940s, however, with the …

Despite advances in supportive care, the mortality rate in patients with the acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS) is widely considered to have remained high, and generally in …

Background The mechanisms by which partial liquid ventilation (PLV) canimprove gas
exchange in acute lung injury are still unclear. Therefore, weexamined the time-and dose …