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Recent advances in understanding and treating acute respiratory distress syndrome
2018-08-20
Abstract excerpt
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous disorder associated with many disease processes that injure the lung, culminating in increased non-hydrostatic extravascular lung water, reduced compliance, and severe hypoxemia. Despite enhanced understanding of molecular mechanisms, advances in ventilatory strategies, and general care of the critically ill patient, mortalit...
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- Literature Corpus work
- da77d481-00d3-587c-8a0b-52c93190ef1a
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.15493.1
