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Outcome of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Causes of Death, Survival Rates and Long-term Implications

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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2014

Part of the book series: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((AUICEM,volume 2014))

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Several treatments for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been proposed since its first description in 1967 [1], and a large amount of research has been conducted. Despite many negative experimental and clinical trials, in the last 15 years some treatments have received general consensus and application. Above all, there are protective ventilation strategies, but also prone positioning, neuromuscular blockers, conservative fluid balance, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Nevertheless, ARDS remains a major problem in intensive care units (ICU) patients. In this review, we first discuss the reasons why patients still die from ARDS; then, we review mortality rates and long-term outcomes of ARDS patients.

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Zambon, M., Monti, G., Landoni, G. (2014). Outcome of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Causes of Death, Survival Rates and Long-term Implications. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2014. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2014. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03746-2_19

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