Importance Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening form of
respiratory failure that affects approximately 200 000 patients each year in the United States …

Objective: Acute lung injury (ALI), including its more severe subcategory, acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS), is a critical illness associated with considerable morbidity and …

Background: This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the use
of mechanical ventilation in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Rationale: Reducing tidal volume decreases mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS). However, the effect of the timing of low tidal volume ventilation is not well …

Objective To evaluate the association of volume limited and pressure limited (lung
protective) mechanical ventilation with two year survival in patients with acute lung injury …

Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate whether in-hospital mortality was
associated with the administered fraction of oxygen in inspired air (FiO 2) and achieved …

Rationale: There are conflicting data regarding the safety and efficacy of recruitment
maneuvers (RMs) in patients with acute lung injury (ALI). Objectives: To summarize the …

Objective To summarize long-term quality of life (QOL) and the degree of variation in QOL
estimates across studies of acute respiratory distress (ARDS) survivors. Design A systematic …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous
disorder associated with a variety of disease processes that lead to acute lung injury with …

Purpose To assess whether obesity is associated with mortality or other adverse intensive
care unit (ICU) and post-ICU outcomes. Methods A meta-analysis of studies from PubMed …