Search Tag: ARDS
Respiratory support in ARDS: an expert opinion
2017 19 Sep
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common condition in intensive care unit patients and remains a major concern, with mortality rates of around 30-45% and considerable long-term morbidity. In an opinion document published in the journal Critical Care, international experts review the available clinical evidence related to ventilator support... Read more
Clinical Trials in ARDS - Challenges and Opportunities
2017 07 Jun
A number of supportive therapies have reduced mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), including lung-protective mechanical ventilation, neuromuscular blockade, and prone positioning. Fluid-conservative therapy has also increased ventilator-free days in patients with ARDS. However, the lack of success of pharmacological therapies for... Read more
From Independent Attorney to Critically Ill Patient
2017 28 May
How Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Changed My Life in a Split SecondLife changed forever when Eileen Rubin was hospitalised with ARDS. After a slow recovery it was time to give something back, and Eileen went on to co-found the ARDS Foundation. “I can’t breathe. I think I’m dying.” Those were the words I gasped to my mother less than two days... Read more
ARDS: Treat High-volume, Lower Mortality
2017 22 May
Analysis of data from the large French CUB-REA database indicates that mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was lower in high-volume ICUs than low and moderate volume ICUs. Notably, between 2000 and 2014, among 35 ICUs in the CUB-REA registry, ICU mortality decreased despite an increase in ARDS severity. The findings were presented... Read more
Economic Cost to Surviving ARDS, New Study
2017 28 Apr
Research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine sheds light on the economic toll on survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Nearly fifty percent of survivors who worked before they were ill were not working after a year, and lost nearly two-thirds of their annual income. The researchers estimated... Read more
A Second Opinion
2017 18 Apr
What would you single out as a career highlight?Combining my loves of medicine and art to create a colouring book about the brain, entitled 'A Journey Through the Brain'. This was a collaboration with the very creative and intelligent Prof David Cotter and Prof Mary Cannon at the Department of Psychiatry in RCSI.If you had not chosen this career path... Read more
Towards Safer Ventilation in Critically ill Patients without ARDS
2017 16 Mar
Invasive ventilatory support, one of the most frequently applied strategies in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, is increasingly recognised as a potentially dangerous intervention. Recognition of so–called ventilator– induced lung injury and the broad acceptance of lung–protective ventilation strategies in ICUs worldwide led to noticeable changes... Read more
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Quality of Life
2016 01 Aug
Critical care researchers from Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City conducted a study with 616 patients treated for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a progressive condition that often occurs in patients who are critically ill or who have significant trauma injuries . The aim of the study was to determine factors that played a significant... Read more