The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes 40% mortality in approximately
200,000 critically ill patients annually in the United States. ARDS is caused by protein-rich …

Induction of oxidant stress either by raising ambient oxygen concentrations, adding toxins
that augment intracellular oxidant formation, generating ischemia followed by tissue …

Postoperative cardiac, pulmonary, renal and coagulation dysfunction, along with C3a levels,
were studied prospectively in 116 consecutive patients undergoing open cardiac operations …

Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine has long been the definitive and
comprehensive pulmonary disease reference. Robert J. Mason, MD now presents the fifth …

Accumulation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils during the acute inflammatory response
may exacerbate tissue injury through the release of activated oxygen products or proteolytic …

Interest in the pathogenetic mechanisms of acute lung injury has focusd in recent years on
the cellular and biochemical mediators of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Elevated Levels of NAP-1/Interleukin-8 Are Present in the Airspaces of Patients with the Adult
Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Page 1 Elevated Levels of NAP-1/lnterleukin-8 Are Present …

Although neutrophils are of pathogenetic importance in various animal models of acute lung
injury, their role in the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is unclear. To study the …

Gas embolism is a known complication of various invasive procedures, and its management
is well established. The consequence of gas microemboli, microbubbles, is …

The liver is highly susceptible to a number of pathological insults, including
ischemia/reperfusion injury. We have previously employed an animal model of hepatic …