SAN ANTONIO (May 22, 2012) — An international task force this week unveiled a revised definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a disease first recognized during the Vietnam War in ...
In a new report posted online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a global consensus conference of 32 critical care experts with broad international representation and ...
Latest definition of ARDS (the Berlin Definition), which focuses on feasibility, reliability, validity and objective evaluation of its performance developed by Gordon D. Rubenfeld, M.D., of the ...
Objective: To systematically review the efficacy of steroids in the prevention of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in critically ill adults, and in treatment for established ARDS. Data ...
According to a first-of-its-kind international study, a new definition of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) results in a more accurate diagnosis of many more children with the ...
- acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as ...