ARDS Treatment Challenged
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Treatment of ARDS.
Improved understanding of the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI)/ARDS has led to important advances in the treatment of ALI/ARDS, particularly in the area of ventilator-associated lung injury. Standard supportive care for ALI/ARDS should now include a protective ventilatory strategy with low tidal volume ventilation by the protocol developed by the National Institutes of Health ARDS Networ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.12.ii