Hypoproteinemia is a common condition in critically ill patients, associated with the development of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome and subsequent worse clinical outcomes. Albumin with furosemide benefits lung physiology in hypoproteinemic patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome, but the independent pharmacologic effects of these drugs are ...

Use of inhaled nitric oxide in humans with traumatic brain injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome has twice previously been reported to be beneficial. Here we report a third case. We propose that INO may decrease the inflammatory response in patients with increased intracranial pressure caused by traumatic brain injury accompanied by acute respiratory distress syndrome thereby contribut...

Managing mechanical ventilation in patient with bronchopleural fistula with coexisting acute respiratory distress syndrome is a challenging situation for the intensivist. We are reporting a case of a pregnant patient with systemic lupus erythematosus on immunosuppressive medications who developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia complicated by bronchopleural fis...

Citation: Gupta S, Sankar J, Lodha R and Kabra SK (2018) Comparison of Prevalence and Outcomes of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference Criteria and Berlin Definition. Front. Pediatr. 6:93. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00093 comparison of Prevalence and Outcomes of Pediatric acute respiratory Distress syndrome Using Pediatric acute lung i...

1. List the potential medical applications of liquid-assisted ventilation (LAV). 2. Describe the properties of perfluorochemical liquids that are important for their use in liquid ventilation. 3. Describe the potential benefits of LAV in respiratory distress syndrome, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and aspiration syndromes. 4. Delineate specific nonrespira...

Respiratory distress syndrome occurs in a variety of clinical situations of which sepsis is one important precipitating factor. We have observed and successfully treated with high PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) a rare case of chromobacterial septicaemia complicated by an acute respiratory distress syndrome. We describe here the first reported case of a patient in this country surviving...

OBJECTIVE To describe the final recommendations of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference. DESIGN Consensus conference of experts in pediatric acute lung injury. SETTING Not applicable. SUBJECTS PICU patients with evidence of acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome. INTERVENTIONS None. METHODS A panel of 27 experts met over the course of 2 years to devel...