Articles/References

Reading List from the American Thoracic Society

ARDS

NEJM 2006; May 21 epub

NEJM 2006; May 21

Lung Recruitment in Patients with ARDS

NEJM 2006; 354:1775-86

Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Persistent ARDS

NEJM 2006; 354: 1671-84

Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared to Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and ARDS (ARDSnet)*

N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8

The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (by Piantadosi and Schwartz)

Annals of Internal Medicine 2004: 141:460-470

NEJM. 251(4):327-36.

Effect of Prolonged MethylPrednisolone Therapy in Unresolving ARDS*

JAMA. 1998;280:159-165

Chest 2004;126:249-258

Early Predictive Factors in Survival in the ARDS Syndrome?a multivariate analysis.

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 158, Number 4, October 1998, 1076-1081

Pulmonary Dead-Space Fraction as a Risk Factor for Death in ARDS (Click on DUCML link to get to full text)

N Engl J Med. 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1281-6

One Year Outcome in Survivors of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

NEJM 2003;348;683:93

Long term Assessment of Lung Function in Survivors of ARDS

Chest 2003;123:845-853

Reduced Quality of Life in ARDS Survivors Compared with Critically Ill Control Patients

JAMA. 1999;281:354-360.

Pulmonary function and health-related quality of life in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Vol 167. pp. 690-694, (2003)

Neuropsychological Sequelae and Impaired Health Status is Survivors of Severe ARDS

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 160, Number 1, July 1999, 50-56

PTSD in Survivors of ARDS

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Jul;160(1):50-6

Multi-Center Prospective Study of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia During Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am J Respir Crit Care Med Volume 2000. 161, p:1942-1948