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01.03.2007 | Editorial
The search for “objective” criteria of ARDS
verfasst von:
Daniel P. Schuster
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2007
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Excerpt
In 1994, the American Thoracic Society and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine co-published the proceedings of a consensus conference concerning the definitions, mechanisms, relevant outcomes, and clinical trial coordination for studies of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [
1,
2]. From this conference came the still current “definition” of ARDS used in many subsequent clinical trials, including, for instance, the recently reported Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial (FACTT) [
3,
4]. …