| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 458 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Lung biology in health and disease ; 233 |
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Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 233.
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| Contents |
Definitions and clinical risk factors / Moss, Thompson -- Epidemiology of acute lung injury : a public health perspective / Rubenfeld -- Radiographic findings of the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Goodman, Quiñones -- Pulmonary pathology of ARDS : diffuse alveolar damage / Kobzik, Sholl -- Pathogenesis of acute lung injury : experimental studies / Baron, Perrella -- Pathogenesis of acute lung injury : clinical studies / Creagh-Brown, Evans -- Apoptosis in the pathogenesis and resolution of the acute lung injury / Matute-Bello, Martin -- Pathogenesis of ventilator-induced lung injury / Valenza, Frank, Imai, Slutsky -- Sepsis in the acute respiratory distress syndrome : treatment implications / Wheeler, Rice -- Transfusion related acute lung injury / Looney, Gajic -- Mechanisms of fibroproliferation in acute lung injury / Morse, Feghali-Bostwick -- Current approaches and recent advances in the genetic epidemiology of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome / Gong, Christiani -- Gene expression profiling and biomarkers in ARDS / Howrylak, Choi -- Resolution of alveolar edema : mechanisms and relaltionship to clinical acute lung injury / Ware, Matthay -- Lung vascular dysfunction and repair in acute lung injury : role of the endothelial cytoskeleton / Lang, Chiang, Garcia -- Surfactant therapy in the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Spragg, Lewis -- Prone position in ARDS / Anzueto, Gattinoni -- Mechanical ventilation in the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Brower, Brochard -- Fluid therapy and hemodynamic monitoring in acute lung injury / Calfee, Gupta, Matthay -- Pathogenesis of sSepsis and septis-induced acute lung injury / Harris [and others] -- Cell-based therapy for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome / Gupta, Lee, Matthay -- Chemokines and cytokines in ARDS / Keane, Kelly, Streiter |
| Summary |
The only available text to focus primarily on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Respiratory distress syndrome, Adult.
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
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MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
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Respiratory distress syndrome, Adult
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Choi, Augustine M. K.
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| LC no. |
2009025997 |
| ISBN |
9781420088410 |
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1420088416 |
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