Acute lung injury is characterized by acute respiratory insufficiency with tachypnea, cyanosis
refractory to oxygen, decreased lung compliance, and diffuse alveolar infiltrates on chest X …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that rapidly spread
throughout the world leading to high mortality rates. Despite the knowledge of previous …

Rationale: The role of inspiratory effort still has to be determined as a potential predictor of
noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) failure in acute hypoxic de novo respiratory failure …

ARDS is severe form of respiratory failure with significant impact on the morbidity and
mortality of critical care patients. Epidemiological data are crucial for evaluating the efficacy …

The respiratory surface in the mammalian lung is stabilized by pulmonary surfactant, a
membrane-based system composed of multiple lipids and specific proteins, the primary …

Acute lung injury (ALI) represents a serious heterogenous pulmonary disorder with high
mortality. Despite improved understanding of the pathophysiology, the efficacy of standard …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are common critical
diseases. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC) transplantation is previously shown …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and its milder form acute lung injury (ALI) may
result from various diseases and situations including sepsis, pneumonia, trauma, acute …

Pulmonary surfactant is an essential lipid–protein complex to maintain an operative
respiratory surface at the mammalian lungs. It reduces surface tension at the alveolar air …

CD34 is a cell surface antigen expressed in numerous stem/progenitor cells including
hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which are known …