Despite over 40 years of research, there is no specific lung-directed therapy for the acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although much has evolved in our understanding of …

Over the past 30 years lung imaging has greatly contributed to the current understanding of
the pathophysiology and the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In …

Objective: Acute respiratory distress syndrome is characterized by collapse of gravitationally
dependent lung regions that usually diverts tidal ventilation toward nondependent regions …

Background: Guidelines suggest a plateau pressure (P plat) of 30 cm H2O or less for
patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, but ventilation may still be injurious …

Rationale Lung volume available for ventilation is markedly decreased during acute
respiratory distress syndrome. Body positioning may contribute to increase lung volume and …

Objective: Atelectasis and surfactant depletion may contribute to greater distension—and
thereby injury—of aerated lung regions; recruitment of atelectatic lung may protect these …

Introduction Leukocyte infiltration is central to the development of acute lung injury, but it is
not known how mechanical ventilation strategy alters the distribution or activation of …

Purpose The aim of the study was to use micro-autoradiography to investigate the lung cell
types responsible for 2-deoxy-2-[18 F] fluoro-d-glucose (FDG) uptake in murine models of …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults with acute res... : Current Opinion in Critical
Care Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Lung recruitment maneuvers have gained popularity over the last years. Their main goal is
to overcome lung collapse in order to improve lung function and to decrease the chance of …