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Senior Intensivist and Consultant Critical Care Centre Hospital de Sabadell Barcelona, Spain Research and Innovation Director Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí Barcelona, Spain Director University Institute Fundació Parc Taulí Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona Spain
Despite several biomarkers having been studied for diagnosis and/or prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), their extensive use has not been established. Better knowledge of the pathophysiology of ARDS and acute lung injury (ALI) may help develop new biomarkers. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterised by non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and respiratory...
READ MOREDr. Lluís Blanch, Dr. Jean-Michel Arnal and Prof. Francesco Mojoli discuss why patient-ventilator synchrony is important, how to detect asynchronies, and technical solutions for optimising synchronisation. Definition and clinical effects Patient-ventilator asynchrony occurs when there is a mismatch between the patient’s inspiratory time and the mechanical breath (phase asynchrony) or when...
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