Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Epidemiology and management approaches

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-169

  Walkey, Allan J ^a   Summer, Ross ^a   Ho, Vu ^a   Alkana, Philip ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Epidemiology; Review

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FLUID THERAPY; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOW TIDAL VOLUME VENTILATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84930483770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S28800     Document Type: Review

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