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

If ARDS developed on day 1, fluids administered before the onset of ARDS were used. The net fluid balance was calculated as the difference of fluid inputs and outputs beginning at admission to the ...

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 ...

For patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prolonged ... accentuated these effects and ...

The characteristics of this patient cohort are summarized in Table 1 . Of 789 patients without ARDS on the first day of mechanical ventilation, 177 patients had worsening PaO 2 /FIO 2; of these ...