Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complex syndrome of acute lung injury
leading to noncardiogenic pulmonary edema from many causes that is heterogenous in its …

COVID-19, the disease responsible for the devastating pandemic that began at the end of
2019, has been associated with a significantly increased risk of pulmonary thrombosis, even …

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Objective: To determine whether obesity is associated with intubation or death …

Pulmonary hypertension is associated with diverse cardiac, pulmonary, and systemic
diseases in neonates, infants, and older children and contributes to significant morbidity and …

Rationale Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is frequently associated with
hemodynamic instability which appears as the main factor associated with mortality. Shock …

Introduction This is a state-of-the-art article of the diagnostic process, etiologies and
management of acute right ventricular (RV) failure in critically ill patients. It is based on a …

Right ventricular (RV) failure occurs when the RV fails to maintain enough blood flow
through the pulmonary circulation to achieve adequate left ventricular filling. This can occur …

The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been unprecedented on many
levels, not least of which are the challenges in understanding the pathophysiology of these …

The ventilatory strategy for ARDS has been regularly amended over the last 40 years as
knowledge of the pathophysiology of ARDS has increased. Initially focused mainly on the …

Cardiac arrest occurs at a higher rate in children with heart disease than in healthy children.
Pediatric basic life support and advanced life support guidelines focus on delivering high …