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. 2023 Jan 29;12(3):1043.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12031043.

Newly Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Does Inclusion of High Flow Nasal Cannula Solve the Problem?

Rong Liufu  1 , Chun-Yao Wang  1 , Li Weng  1 , Bin Du  1
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Newly Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Does Inclusion of High Flow Nasal Cannula Solve the Problem?

Rong Liufu et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common life-threatening clinical syndrome which accounts for 10% of intensive care unit admissions. Since the Berlin definition was developed, the clinical diagnosis and therapy have changed dramatically by adding a minimum positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to the assessment of hypoxemia compared to the American-European Consensus Conference (AECC) definition in 1994. High-flow nasal cannulas (HFNC) have become widely used as an effective respiratory support for hypoxemia to the extent that their use was proposed in the expansion of the ARDS criteria. However, there would be problems if the diagnosis of a specific disease or clinical syndrome occurred, based on therapeutic strategies.

Keywords: acute respiratory distress syndrome; diagnosis criteria; high-flow nasal cannulas.

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