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 …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an important cause of acute respiratory
failure that is often associated with multiple organ failure. Several clinical disorders can …

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 …

More than twenty years ago, Ashbaugh and coworkers,(1), in a now classic article,
described. 12 patients whose striking but uniform clinical, physiologic, roentgenographic …

Acute lung injury (ALI) is well defined in humans, but there is no agreement as to the main
features of acute lung injury in animal models. A Committee was organized to determine the …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes 40% mortality in approximately
200,000 critically ill patients annually in the United States. ARDS is caused by protein-rich …

Objectives: Coagulopathy following major trauma is conventionally attributed to activation
and consumption of coagulation factors. Recent studies have identified an acute …

Background Subphenotypes have been identified within heterogeneous diseases such as
asthma and breast cancer, with important therapeutic implications. We assessed whether …

Recent in vivo and in vitro work suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have anti-
inflammatory properties. In this study, we tested the effect of administering MSC directly into …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues as a contributor to the morbidity
and mortality of patients in intensive care units throughout the world, imparting tremendous …