Airway Closure in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Underestimated and Misinterpreted Phenomenon

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jan 1;197(1):132-136. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0388LE.

Authors

Lu Chen^{1

2}, Lorenzo Del Sorbo^{1

3}, Domenico Luca Grieco^{1

4}, Orest Shklar², Detajin Junhasavasdikul^{1

5}, Irene Telias¹, Eddy Fan^{1

3}, Laurent Brochard^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 1 University of Toronto Toronto, Canada.
² 2 St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Canada.
³ 3 Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada.
⁴ 4 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Rome, Italy and.
⁵ 5 Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand.

PMID: 28557528
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0388LE

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Airway Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Airway Obstruction / physiopathology*
Cohort Studies
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / methods*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Rare Diseases
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / mortality
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
Respiratory Mechanics / physiology*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome