title: Acute respiratory distress syndrome: epidemiology and management approaches.
abstract: Acute lung injury and the more severe acute respiratory distress syndrome represent a spectrum of lung disease characterized by the sudden onset of inflammatory pulmonary edema secondary to myriad local or systemic insults. The present article provides a review of current evidence in the epidemiology and treatment of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, with a focus on significant knowledge gaps that may be addressed through epidemiologic methods.
authors.affiliation: The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Allan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Walkey
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Summer
authors.forename: Vu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alkana