Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS Preface Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Table of contents: Preface Introduction Definition and Incidence of ARDS The current Berlin definition Limitations of the current definition Aetiologies and risk factors for ARDS Incidence of ARDS in the ICU Pathophysiology of ARDS Histological lesions in ARDS The concept of baby lung Mechanisms of hypoxemia in ARDS The dilemma of COVID 19 as typical or atypical ARDS Mechanical Ventilation Ventilator induced lung injury Targets of mechanical ventilation Mechanical properties of the respiratory system Oxygenation strategies to avoid intubation and criteria for intubation Ventilatory mode and monitoring during invasive mechanical ventilation Adjustment of ventilatory settings Adjunct Therapies Sedation and neuromuscular blocking agents Prone positioning Recruitment maneuvers ECMO Extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Nitric oxide (pulmonary vasoactive agents) Steroids and anti inflammatory agents Fluid balance management Spontaneous Ventilation During Mechanical Ventilation When to start spontaneous breathing? VILI during spontaneous breathing Patient ventilator asynchronies Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS Respiratory mechanics Gas exchange (alveolar dead space) Lung volumes Drive and inspiratory effort Lung imaging Complications Barotrauma Hemodynamic impairment Acute cor pulmonale Ventilator associated pneumonia Persistent (or non resolving) ARDS Outcomes Mortality according to the aetiology of ARDS and causes of death Change in outcomes over time Long term outcome Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS Preface Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS
