Ventilator-induced lung injury is a side-effect of mechanical ventilation. Its prevention or
attenuation implies knowledge of the sequence of events that lead from mechanical stress to …

The importance of chest wall elastance in characterizing acute lung injury/acute respiratory
distress syndrome patients and in setting mechanical ventilation is increasingly recognized …

Objectives: To describe current practice for the discontinuation of continuous renal
replacement therapy in a multinational setting and to identify variables associated with …

Objective: We investigated whether a treatment according to a clinical algorithm could
improve the low survival rates in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Design …

Building upon the success of the Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science and completing
Volumes I and II of the Second Edition, Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second …

Objective: To evaluate the incidence, clinical features, and prognosis of pulmonary
complications associated with toxic epidermal necrolysis Design: Prospective study. Setting …

Objectives: Ensuring the comfort of intensive care unit patients is crucial. Although control of
pain has been extensively addressed in this setting, data on dyspnea in mechanically …

Relative hypoventilation, involving passively—or “permissively”—generated hypercapnic
acidosis (HCA), may improve outcome by reducing ventilator-induced lung injury. However …

This study compared pathophysiological and biochemical indexes of acute lung injury in a
saline-lavaged rabbit model with different ventilatory strategies: a control group consisting of …

PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to describe the implementation of formal consensus
techniques in the development of a clinical definition for acute respiratory distress syndrome …