title: The acute respiratory distress syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. piant001@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: Claude A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Piantadosi
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000503:physiopathology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy