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SUBMITTER: Han S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4299926 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20150201 3
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a form of severe hypoxemic respiratory failure that is characterized by inflammatory injury to the alveolar capillary barrier, with extravasation of protein-rich edema fluid into the airspace. Although many modalities to treat ARDS have been investigated over the past several decades, supportive therapies remain the mainstay of treatment. In this article, we briefly review the definition, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of ARDS and present emer ...[more]