ARDS is a severe lung condition that affects roughly 10% of intensive care unit patients and carries a mortality rate of 30-40%, even with modern ventilation techniques. Using a pig model of ARDS ...

Inhaled sevoflurane sedation in patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome results in fewer ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening lung condition. In ARDS, fluid builds up in the alveoli and ...

Background: Over the last decade, several studies have suggested that survival rates for patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS may have improved. We performed a systematic analysis of the ...

Opens in a new tab or window Inhaled sevoflurane significantly reduced ventilator-free days and 90-day survival versus IV propofol in moderate to severe ARDS. Inhaled volatile sedatives grew in ...