The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in
critically ill patients and is defined by the acute onset of noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its most severe form, the acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) are frequent complications in critically ill patients and are responsible for significant …

Objective: To determine and compare the diagnostic accuracy of three clinical definitions of
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS):(1) the American-European consensus …

The intranasal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to mice triggers a huge influx of
polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) into the airway spaces, with a peak at 48 h. The …

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 …

Increased vascular permeability is a common pathogenic feature in many inflammatory
diseases. For example in acute lung injury (ALI) and its most severe form, the acute …

The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious complication of many medical
and surgical conditions, most of which do not involve direct pulmonary injury. In surgical …

Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is the histologic correlate of most patients with adult
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is a relatively straight forward diagnosis and the …

Oxidative stress plays an important role in the modulation of several important physiological
functions. On the other side, oxidative stress is accountable for development of many …

Background Little is known about the development of acute lung injury outside the intensive
care unit. We set out to document the following: the association between predefined clinical …