The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a common, devastating clinical syndrome of
acute lung injury that affects both medical and surgical patients. Since the last review of this …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute respiratory illness characterised by
bilateral chest radiographical opacities with severe hypoxaemia due to non-cardiogenic …

Rationale: Pressures and volumes needed to induce ventilator-induced lung injury in
healthy lungs are far greater than those applied in diseased lungs. A possible explanation …

Intermittent positive pressure ventilation with large tidal volumes and high peak airway
pressures can result in pulmonary barotrauma. In the present study, we examined the …

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 …

What Has Computed Tomography Taught Us about the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
| American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ATS Journals Logo Official …

Rationale: The hypothesis that lung collapse is detrimental during the acute respiratory
distress syndrome is still debatable. One of the difficulties is the lack of an efficient maneuver …

Imbalances in regional lung ventilation, with gravity-dependent collapse and overdistention
of nondependent zones, are likely associated to ventilator-induced lung injury. Electric …

The chief reason that patients are admitted to an intensive care unit is to receive ventilatory
support. In this article, I update the basic principles of mechanical ventilation, which I …

In patients with acute lung injury, high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may
be necessary to maintain or restore oxygenation, despite the fact that'aggressive'mechanical …