Activation of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor may be therapeutically useful against acute lung injury by suppressing expression of pro-inflammatory genes.

Background Critical care medicine has historically relied on syndromic diagnoses such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress ...

In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), inflammatory phenotypes can be classified at the bedside in real time in a ...

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 ...

ARDS is a severe lung condition that affects ... and-reopening cycles could significantly reduce ventilator-induced lung injury. Researchers noted that adjusting ventilation strategies to prevent ...

Sepsis, a severe and often fatal complication of infection, is a leading cause of both ALI and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS ... exacerbating lung injury. The complexity of sepsis ...

Researchers may have discovered a mechanical explanation for instability observed in the lungs in cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome ... a life-threatening lung injury that allows ...

One of those is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a lung complication ... Sepsis induced ARDS is often caused by indirect injury to the lung. However, pneumonia can directly injure ...

A problem with any one of them can lead to respiratory failure, including: Acute respiratory failure is more common with an injury ... like acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), can also ...

ARDS is the medical term for acute lung injury resulting from infection or trauma. People with a history of alcohol misuse may be more vulnerable to ARDS and may have more severe symptoms.

Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) is an acute respiratory failure syndrome characterized by progressive arterial hypoxemia and dyspnea. Qingfei Litan (QFLT) decoction, ...