Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury are well defined and readily
recognised clinical disorders caused by many clinical insults to the lung or because of …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represent a
spectrum of acute respiratory failure with diffuse, bilateral lung injury and severe hypoxemia …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life threatening respiratory failure due to
lung injury from a variety of precipitants. Pathologically ARDS is characterised by diffuse …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a manifestation of acute injury to the lung, commonly
resulting from sepsis, trauma, and severe pulmonary infections. Clinically, it is characterized …

Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are clinical entities of multi-
factorial origin frequently seen in traumatically injured patients requiring intensive care. We …

An understanding of the epidemiology of ALI/ARDS and the effects of treatment have been
hampered by the lack of a uniform definition of the syndrome. Various definitions have been …

Objective: To review acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) in light of recent information about the definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was first described by Ashbaugh and
colleagues in 1967. However, despite considerable efforts, early progress in treatment was …

This year is the 50th anniversary of the first description of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS). Since then, much has been learned about the pathogenesis of lung …

Objective To determine possible changes in outcome from acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) and to compare severity of lung injury and methods of treatment from …