The following is a summary of "Heme-induced lung injury in human precision-cut lung slices: a new model for acute lung injury ...

We identified 535 articles, of which 354 reported mortality rates for patients with ALI or ARDS. A total of 173 studies were excluded because the number of patients was < 30, and 92 studies were ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues to be a tough nut to crack in critical care, taking lives despite years of research and better ventilator strategies. It is defined by acute ...

VQ Biomedical, spun out of Duke University, has developed a novel, minimally invasive catheter designed to deliver oxygen directly to the bloodstream. The catheter bypasses the lungs, giving ARDS ...

Frenette and Narla Mohandas discuss recent studies pinpointing a trigger—a specific antigen on neutrophils for a severe form of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). The findings could ...

In mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS, the treatment effect of neuromuscular blockade on mortality likely varies with respiratory elastance.