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SUBMITTER: Lewis SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6646953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lewis Sharon R SR Pritchard Michael W MW Thomas Carmel M CM Smith Andrew F AF
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20190723
<h4>Background</h4>Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by direct or indirect injury to the lungs. Despite improvements in clinical management (for example, lung protection strategies), mortality in this patient group is at approximately 40%. This is an update of a previous version of this review, last published in 2004.<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacological agents in adults with ARDS on mortality, mechanical ventilation, ...[more]