Fifteen recommendations and a therapeutic algorithm regarding the management of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) at the early phase in adults are proposed. The Grade …

The pulmonary endothelium is a metabolically active continuous monolayer of squamous
endothelial cells that internally lines blood vessels and mediates key processes involved in …

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Intensive Care Society Guideline Development
Group have used GRADE methodology to make the following recommendations for the …

Background The joint committee of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care
Medicine/Japanese Respiratory Society/Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine on …

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 …

Background Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and mostly acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS) are critical conditions. AHRF results from several systemic …

Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) provide care for an aging and
increasingly complex patient population. The medical complexity of this population is partly …

Background Over the last decade, several studies have suggested that survival rates for
patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS may have improved. We performed a …

A retrospective study uses existing data that have been recorded for reasons other than
research. A retrospective case series is the description of a group of cases with a new or …

Background Since the early 1980s, case fatality of patients with ARDS has decreased, and
explanations are unclear Design and methods Using identical definitions of ARDS and …