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SUBMITTER: Matthay MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8075801 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matthay Michael A MA Thompson B Taylor BT Ware Lorraine B LB
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 20210427 8
The 2012 Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) provided validated support for three levels of initial arterial hypoxaemia that correlated with mortality in patients receiving ventilatory support. Since 2015, high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) has become widely used as an effective therapeutic support for acute respiratory failure, most recently in patients with severe COVID-19. We propose that the Berlin definition of ARDS be broadened to include patients treated with HFNO o ...[more]