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SUBMITTER: Matthay MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6733424 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Translational respiratory medicine 20130517 1
Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome are major causes of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. This review focuses on new developments in definitions, epidemiology, clinical and basic research, and promising new directions in treatment. There is new information about the potential contribution of environmental factors, especially exposure to cigarette smoke. Pathologic findings in ARDS have been limited to case reports of open lung biopsies and post-mortem ...[more]