Surfactant therapy for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
K Raghavendran, D Willson… - Critical care …, 2011 - criticalcare.theclinics.com
The extensive pulmonary alveolar and capillary networks make the lungs highly susceptible
to cell and tissue injury from pathogens or toxic environmental agents present either in the
circulation or in the external environment. The medical consequences of acute pulmonary
injury are frequently defined as the syndromes of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The American-European Consensus Conference
(AECC) in 1994 defined ARDS as respiratory failure of acute onset with a arterial partial …
to cell and tissue injury from pathogens or toxic environmental agents present either in the
circulation or in the external environment. The medical consequences of acute pulmonary
injury are frequently defined as the syndromes of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The American-European Consensus Conference
(AECC) in 1994 defined ARDS as respiratory failure of acute onset with a arterial partial …