A total of 1,366 of 17,493 patients admitted between 2001 and 2005 required mechanical ventilation for > 48 h in the ICU and had no record of CHF during their stay. The average age of these patients ...

Research exploring protective mechanical ventilation strategies for acute respiratory distress syndrome was presented at the ERS Congress by Luca Menga, MD, University of Toronto. Preclinical data ...

June 26, 2009 — Management of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in children is reviewed in the June 15 Online First issue of Critical Care Medicine. "...ALI and ...

Researchers say ARDS is an ideal condition to test AI-guided ventilation due to its complexity, varied patient responses, and high death rates. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a ...

Artificial ventilation can save lives, but it also puts pressure on lung tissue. If the lungs are pre-damaged, pressurized ventilation can even have undesirable effects. This is especially true of ...

Preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) face heightened risks of death, critical illness, and prolonged hospitalization, particularly if they progress to develop acute respiratory ...

Early use of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome may increase in-hospital mortality The results of recent trials discourage the use of high ...

Using a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy guided by a computerized decision support tool during the acute phase of ventilation shortened the duration of weaning, a pediatric phase II ...

The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a devastating, often fatal inflammatory condition that probably affects more than a million patients throughout the world each year. 1 Since its description ...