Acute respiratory distress syndrome: epidemiology and management approaches.

ABSTRACT: Acute lung injury and the more severe acute respiratory distress syndrome represent a spectrum of lung disease characterized by the sudden onset of inflammatory pulmonary edema secondary to myriad local or systemic insults. The present article provides a review of current evidence in the epidemiology and treatment of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, with a focus on significant knowledge gaps that may be addressed through epidemiologic methods.

SUBMITTER: Walkey AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3410685 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature