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 ...

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

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

[65] Future studies of the rate of alveolar fluid clearance in children and adults with ARDS are necessary in order to determine whether alveolar fluid clearance is better preserved in children ...

Pope Francis has passed away at 88 due to complications arising from bilateral or double pneumonia, a condition when air sacs ...

Why it matters: The medical device startup is charting a new way to alleviate acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) — a potentially deadly condition where a person's lungs fill with fluid ...

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 ...

My son Andrew "Drew" Thompson was diagnosed with an average case of the flu on Nov. 23… little did I know that flu would turn into ARDS and take over his lungs and his life here on earth on Nov ...

ARDS is a lung condition where the patient suffers from sudden breathlessness, low blood oxygen levels and lung inflammation that could progress to respiratory failure. Molgramostim is an immune ...