TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Respiratory Failure A1 - Biesterveld, Ben E. A1 - Williams, Aaron M. A1 - Alam, Hasan B. A2 - Feliciano, David V. A2 - Mattox, Kenneth L. A2 - Moore, Ernest E. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Trauma, 9e AB - KEY POINTSThe Lung Injury Score (LIS) is based on the chest x-ray, hypoxemia, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), and respiratory compliance, and each component is scored from 0 to 4.The Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (2012) includes timing (within 1 week of a known clinical insult), bilateral opacities on chest x-ray, respiratory failure not explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload, and mild, moderate, or severe hypoxemia.A consistent histopathologic feature of ARDS is neutrophil infiltration of the pulmonary microvasculature, interstitium, and alveoli.With ARDS, it is not unusual to see greatly diminished lung compliance on the order of 10 to 30 mL/cm H2O.The current standard of care for ARDS is lower tidal volume ventilation and the use of incremental inspired oxygen–PEEP combinations to achieve oxygenation goals.PEEP is used in ARDS to allow for adequate oxygen delivery to tissues while reducing the concentration of inspired oxygen to nontoxic (below 0.6) levels.The most common type of extracorporeal life support ([ECLS]; or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [ECMO]) is venovenous, where blood is withdrawn from and returned to the venous system.Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is a selective pulmonary vasodilator with no systemic side effects.Any use of “rescue” steroids for late ARDS must be individualized and, optimally, delivered before disease day 14.The mortality of ARDS in several randomized controlled trials over the past two decades has decreased to 20% to 25%. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175136765 ER -