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01-05-2016 | Editorial

What’s new in ARDS: can we prevent it?

Authors: Roy G. Brower, Massimo Antonelli

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2016

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The incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is variable, depending on definitions, sampling techniques, and geographic region, but it is almost always a morbid and frequently fatal disorder. Survivors frequently suffer from debilitating sequelae [1]. Most clinical trials of promising treatments for ARDS failed to demonstrate beneficial effects. …

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Title: What’s new in ARDS: can we prevent it?
Authors: Roy G. Brower
Massimo Antonelli
Publication date: 01-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4280-0

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