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New Ideas in Treatment of ARDS

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993 ((YEARBOOK,volume 1993))

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Abstract

A number of recent advances have greatly improved our understanding of lung inflammation, transvascular fluid flux, cardiopulmonary hemodynamics, oxygen delivery and ventilatory support. Despite this information there are no therapeutic approaches to the treatment of the adult respiratory distress Syndrome (ARDS) that have been proven effective. Accordingly, the potential value of supportive care and possible new specific treatments can only be estimated by reviewing them in the context of our current understanding the pathophysiology of ARDS. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize this pathophysiology and utilize it as a framework for reviewing possible new therapeutic approaches.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Clinical Director) (Clinical Director)

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Albert, R.K. (1993). New Ideas in Treatment of ARDS. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993, vol 1993. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84904-6_13

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