Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

Download or read book Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Lena M. Napolitano and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics will focus on Severe Acute Respiratory DIstress Syndrome and dealing with it in the ICU. Topics will include: Challenges and Successes in ARDS Research;Mechanical ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What works?; Gene therapy for ALI/ARDS;High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS;Prone positioning therapy in ARDS;Recovery and Long-term outcome in ARDS; and Experimental models and emergeing hypotheses for ALI and ARDS