Abstract:The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is defined by hypoxemic respiratory failure due to inflammatory response within the lung usually requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. Despite more than 50 years of scientific research numerous issues especially regarding mechanical ventilation as the most important treatment option remain unclear. Most important, adjustment of mechanical ventilation is challenging due to desirable beneficial effects on pulmonary gas exchange on the one hand and deleterious e… Show more
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