ALI and ARDS: Challenges and Advances, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics (Volume 27-3) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 27-3)

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 Focuses on Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and dealing with it in the ICU. This title includes topics such as: 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; and, more.