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Review
. 2021 May 25;193(21):E761-E768.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.202661.

Diagnosis and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Shannon M Fernando  1 , Bruno L Ferreyro  2 , Martin Urner  2 , Laveena Munshi  2 , Eddy Fan  2
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Review

Diagnosis and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Shannon M Fernando et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Eddy Fan reports receiving personal fees from ALung Technologies, Getinge and MC3 Cardiopulmonary, outside of the submitted work. No other competing interests were declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Anteroposterior chest radiograph showing bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, consist with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Suggested treatment algorithm showing risk stratification and tiered approach to therapy for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Note: HFNC = high-flow nasal cannula, HFOV = high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure, PBW = predicted body weight, VV-ECMO = venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Future directions in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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