The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a significant health burden.
Despite numerous efforts to identify effective treatments, few have been successful. As a …

Objectives: Cigarette smoke exposure has recently been found to be associated with
increased susceptibility to trauma-and transfusion-associated acute respiratory distress …

Objectives: The impact of at-risk drinking on the outcomes of nontrauma patients is not well
characterized. The aim of this study was to determine whether at-risk drinking is …

Identifying at-risk drinking in the ICU may also be a “teachable moment” and can serve as an
opportunity for secondary prevention (17). Although changing health attitudes and behaviors …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is defined by the acute onset of hypoxemic
respiratory failure and alveolar infiltrates in the absence of an elevated left atrial pressure …