The American-European Consensus Conference definition of the acute respiratory distress syndrome is dead, long live positive end-expiratory pressure!

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 571-575

  Villar, J ^a,b   Kacmarek, R M ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; American European Consensus Conference; PaO2 FiO2 ratio; Positive end expiratory pressure; Standard ventilatory settings

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

HUMANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867491825     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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