Actualidades en la definición, fisiopatología y tratamiento de la lesión pulmonar aguda

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is secondary to lung injury and inflammation and is accompained by many cellular and molecular processes, that results in injury to the alveolar-capillary membrane, increased permeability and subsequent interstitial and alveolar edema. Since no specific clinical sign or diagnostic test has not yet been described that identifies ARDS, its diagnosis is base on a constelation of clinical, hemodynamic and...