Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Implications of recent studies

Abhijit Duggal; Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila; Sudhir Krishnan; Alejandro C Arroliga

doi:10.3949/ccjm.81a.14018

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Implications of recent studies

Cleve Clin J Med. 2014 Nov;81(11):683-90. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.81a.14018.

Authors

Abhijit Duggal¹, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila², Sudhir Krishnan³, Alejandro C Arroliga⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Duggala2@ccf.org.
² Program Director, Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
³ Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic.
⁴ Professor and Chair of Medicine, Dr. A. Ford Wolf & Brooksie Nell Boyd Wolf Centennial Chair of Medicine, Scott & White/Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine, Temple, TX.

PMID: 25368219
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.81a.14018

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains challenging to diagnose and manage. This article reviews the new definition of ARDS and the key findings of landmark studies over the last 5 years of prone-position ventilation, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and neuromuscular blockade in patients with ARDS.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Humans
Neuromuscular Blockade
Prone Position
Respiration, Artificial / methods
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy