This issue of Critical Care Clinics will focus on Severe Acute Respiratory DIstress Syndrome and dealing with it in the ICU. Topics will include: Challenges and Successes in ARDS Research;Mechanical ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What works?; Gene therapy for ALI/ARDS;High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS;Prone positioning therapy in ARDS;Recovery and Long-term outcome in ARDS; and Experimental models and emergeing hypotheses for ALI and ARDS
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. ALI and ARDS: Challenges and Advances - p. 5 6. Definition of ALI/ARDS - p. 6 7. Epidemiology of ARDS and ALI - p. 11 8. ARDS Network (NHLBI) Studies: Successes and Challenges in ARDS Clinical Research - p. 22 9. Mechanical Ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What Works? - p. 26 10. High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS - p. 35 11. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 42 12. Prone-Positioning Therapy in ARDS - p. 46 13. Surfactant Therapy for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 51 14. Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Inhaled Prostacyclin in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: What is the Evidence? - p. 71 15. Glucocorticoid Treatment in Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 81 16. Extracorporeal CO2 Removal in ARDS - p. 92 17. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adult Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 102 18. Nutrition Therapy for ALI and ARDS - p. 113 19. Biomarkers in Acute Lung Injury—Marking Forward Progress - p. 118 20. Recovery and Long-Term Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 131 21. Gene Therapy for ALI/ARDS - p. 143 22. Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Acute Lung Injury - p. 152 23. Experimental Models and Emerging Hypotheses for Acute Lung Injury - p. 160 24. Index - p. 167
This issue of Critical Care Clinics will focus on Severe Acute Respiratory DIstress Syndrome and dealing with it in the ICU. Topics will include: Challenges and Successes in ARDS Research;Mechanical ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What works?; Gene therapy for ALI/ARDS;High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS;Prone positioning therapy in ARDS;Recovery and Long-term outcome in ARDS; and Experimental models and emergeing hypotheses for ALI and ARDS
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. ALI and ARDS: Challenges and Advances - p. 5 6. Definition of ALI/ARDS - p. 6 7. Epidemiology of ARDS and ALI - p. 11 8. ARDS Network (NHLBI) Studies: Successes and Challenges in ARDS Clinical Research - p. 22 9. Mechanical Ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What Works? - p. 26 10. High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS - p. 35 11. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 42 12. Prone-Positioning Therapy in ARDS - p. 46 13. Surfactant Therapy for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 51 14. Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Inhaled Prostacyclin in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: What is the Evidence? - p. 71 15. Glucocorticoid Treatment in Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 81 16. Extracorporeal CO2 Removal in ARDS - p. 92 17. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adult Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 102 18. Nutrition Therapy for ALI and ARDS - p. 113 19. Biomarkers in Acute Lung Injury—Marking Forward Progress - p. 118 20. Recovery and Long-Term Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 131 21. Gene Therapy for ALI/ARDS - p. 143 22. Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Acute Lung Injury - p. 152 23. Experimental Models and Emerging Hypotheses for Acute Lung Injury - p. 160 24. Index - p. 167
