Importance Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening form of
respiratory failure that affects approximately 200 000 patients each year in the United States …

Fifteen recommendations and a therapeutic algorithm regarding the management of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) at the early phase in adults are proposed. The Grade …

Background: This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the use
of mechanical ventilation in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

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Objective: To provide an update to the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for
Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” last published in 2008. Design: A …

Purpose Much of the common practice in paediatric mechanical ventilation is based on
personal experiences and what paediatric critical care practitioners have adopted from adult …

Background Previous trials suggesting that high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
reduced mortality among adults with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were …

Background Patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) require
mechanical ventilation to maintain arterial oxygenation, but this treatment may produce …

Background: Mechanical ventilation in the prone position is used to improve oxygenation
and to mitigate the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory …