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Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Summery & Conclusion
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute inflammatory lung injury, associated with increased pulmonary vascular permeability, increased lung weight, and loss of aerated lung tissue.(14) Ventilation strategies that use lower end inspiratory (plateau) airway pressures, lower tidal volumes (VT), and higher positive end expiratory pressures (PEEPs) collectively termed lung-protective strategies have been associated with survival benefits in randomized clinical trials involving patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).(105, 124) The different components of lung protection in those strategies, such as lower VT, lower plateau pressure, and higher PEEP, can all reduce mechanical stress on th lung, which are thought to induce ventilator-induced lung injury.(125) Several methods were investigated in attempt to determine the optimal PEEP level. However, there is no gold standard method for determining such optimal level.(126) Considering LUS widespread availability, low costs, bedside application, and nonionizing radiation, lung US, as a basic application of point-of-care US, appears at first glance as an attractive technique for monitoring aeration in ARDS.(127)