The following is a summary of "Heme-induced lung injury in human precision-cut lung slices: a new model for acute lung injury ...

VQ Biomedical, a startup born at Duke University, has secured $5 million in funding to advance a device it says will treat ...

In mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS, the treatment effect of neuromuscular blockade on mortality likely varies with respiratory elastance.

There are nearly 150,000 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) admissions in the USA, annually incurring 2.7 million hospital days. Although packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions increase ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues to be a tough nut to crack in critical care, taking lives despite years of research and better ventilator strategies. It is defined by acute ...

We identified 535 articles, of which 354 reported mortality rates for patients with ALI or ARDS. A total of 173 studies were excluded because the number of patients was < 30, and 92 studies were ...

VQ Biomedical, spun out of Duke University, has developed a novel, minimally invasive catheter designed to deliver oxygen directly to the bloodstream. The catheter bypasses the lungs, giving ARDS ...

Nagpur: In a remarkable medical achievement, a 38-year-old morbidly obese man from Nagpur fully recovered after spending 81 days in hospital, includin.