CHEST. 2008;133(4):853-861. When patient height information was available (60% of records), predicted body weight was calculated using the following formulae: [9] VT per ideal body weight was then ...

About the Study The retrospective analysis drew on data from six randomized clinical trials in adult patients with ARDS (five U.S. and one international study). These studies were previous clinical ...

As Covid-19 began to lay siege to New York City’s hospitals in March, a small but consequential debate broke out in American emergency rooms and intensive care units: Was it possible that ventilators, ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues to be a tough nut to crack in critical care, taking lives despite years of research and better ventilator strategies. It is defined by acute ...

Since the advent of invasive positive pressure ventilation, intensivists have been arguing over how to optimize settings. For patients with moderate to- severe acute respiratory distress syndrome ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a severe pulmonary condition in which widespread alveolar inflammation and pulmonary oedema severely compromise gas exchange. The clinical ...

Pneumothorax and other barotrauma was more common in COVID-19 patients on invasive mechanical ventilation than seen for other patients on ventilators, a retrospective study showed. That rate in ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can arise from a variety of causes, and manifests clinically as acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, characterized by acute, diffuse, inflammatory lung ...