Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New data from the PHARLAP trial indicated that a maximal lung recruitment strategy, compared with conventional ...

Using a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy guided by a computerized decision support tool during the acute phase of ventilation shortened the duration of weaning, a pediatric phase II ...

Supporting patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), remains a critical challenge in intensive care units ...

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

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

Although mechanical ventilation is a life-saving intervention, it places significant stress and strain on the lung parenchyma. Damage at the pulmonary parenchymal and muscular levels from mechanical ...

Most patients requiring mechanical ventilation for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) receive positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 5 to 12 cm of water. Higher ...

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who are on ventilators, driving pressure (ΔP) may help predict survival, according to a study published in the February 19 issue of the New ...

Mechanical ventilation, the use of a machine to help a person breathe, was not something many people thought about all that often—until the COVID pandemic struck. Stories of patients being put on ...

Of the 200,000 Americans diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) each year, 30 to 50 percent will die. But, clinical researchers identified a less-invasive treatment option for ...