This document appears to be notes from a presentation on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI). It discusses the history and definitions of ARDS/ALI, including the 1988 Murray Lung Injury Score and subsequent definitions from 1994, 2005, and 2012. It also summarizes initial successes in understanding the epidemiology and pathology, but then notes hundreds of failed clinical trials trying various treatments. It suggests reasons trials may have failed and ideas for improving future trials such as using tissue biomarkers and focusing on specific ARDS phenotypes. The presentation was given by Rob Mac Sweeney in London on December 8, 2015.
16. Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
17. Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Loss of Compliance
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
18. Partial Response to
PEEP & Steroids
Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Loss of Compliance
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
19. Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Diffuse Alveolar Damage
Loss of Compliance
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
Partial Response to
PEEP & Steroids
20. Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Diffuse Alveolar Damage
Loss of Compliance
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
Partial Response to
PEEP & Steroids
21. Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Loss of Compliance
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
Partial Response to
PEEP & Steroids
22. Absence of Heart Failure
Bilateral Infiltrates on CXR
Loss of Compliance
Acute Refractory
Hypoxaemia
Partial Response to
PEEP & Steroids
Acute Onset
Risk Factor
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Autopsy
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Image Courtesy of Prof Claude Guerin
Open Lung Biopsy