The Berlin definition of ARDS: an expanded rationale, justification, and supplementary material.

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Published in Intensive Care Med on August 25, 2012

Authors

Niall D Ferguson1, Eddy Fan, Luigi Camporota, Massimo Antonelli, Antonio Anzueto, Richard Beale, Laurent Brochard, Roy Brower, Andrés Esteban, Luciano Gattinoni, Andrew Rhodes, Arthur S Slutsky, Jean-Louis Vincent, Gordon D Rubenfeld, B Taylor Thompson, V Marco Ranieri

Author Affiliations

1: Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Avenue, Suite 18-206, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. n.ferguson@utoronto.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Hemodynamic and Cardiac Effects of Individualized PEEP Titration Using Esophageal Pressure Measurements in ARDS Patients (ENCODE) | NCT02617914

Echocardiography Predictive of the Inefficacy and/or of the Unsafeness of Recruitment Maneuvers in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. (RV STAR) | NCT01768949

Pilot RCT of Therapeutic Hypothermia Plus Neuromuscular Blockade in ARDS Patients (CHILL-pilot) | NCT03376854

Tocilizumab Treatment in Patients With COVID-19 | NCT04363853

Helmet vs Face Mask in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | NCT04507802

Trial of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Patients With ARDS (CHILL) | NCT04545424

Intermittent Fasting for Pancreatitis (IFPanc) | NCT04760847

Lung Ultrasound Findings in Patients With COVID-19 in a UK ED | NCT05065827

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