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The Evolution of Imaging in Respiratory Dysfunction Failure

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In this chapter we will illustrate the paradigmatic role that medical imaging has played in helping to define, understand, and treat a specific form of respiratory failure called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a life-threatening syndrome characterized by noncardiogenic (inflammatory) pulmonary edema causing mainly hypoxemic respiratory failure unresponsive to conventional therapy.

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  1. Dipartimento di Anestesiologia, Terapia Intensiva e Scienze Dermatologiche, Fondazione IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli, Regina Elena di Milano, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    L. Gattinoni

  2. Dipartmento di Anestesia, Rianimazione e Terapia del Dolore, Fondazione IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli, Regina Elena di Milano, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    L. Gattinoni, E. Carlesso & F. Polli

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  1. Department and School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Catania School of Medicine and University-Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Antonino Gullo

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Keck Medical School, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Philip D. Lumb

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Centro Medico de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

    José Besso

  4. World Federation of Critical Care Nurses C/-Nursing Administration, Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia

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Gattinoni, L., Carlesso, E., Polli, F. (2009). The Evolution of Imaging in Respiratory Dysfunction Failure. In: Gullo, A., Lumb, P.D., Besso, J., Williams, G.F. (eds) Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1436-7_17

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