Acute respiratory distress syndrome, the critical care paradigm: What we learned and what we forgot

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-278

  Gattinoni, Luciano ^a,b   Carlesso, Eleonora ^a   Valenza, Franco ^a   Chiumello, Davide ^a   Caspani, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALI ARDS; Gas exchange; Lung mechanics; Randomized trials; Ventilator induced lung injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANATOMY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LEARNING; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; STRESS; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR;

HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 3242814582     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000135511.75998.22     Document Type: Review

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