PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Abhijit Duggal AU - Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila AU - Sudhir Krishnan AU - Alejandro C. Arroliga TI - Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Implications of recent studies AID - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.14018 DP - 2014 Nov 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 683--690 VI - 81 IP - 11 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/11/683.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/11/683.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2014 Nov 01; 81 AB - Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains challenging to diagnose and manage. This article reviews the new definition of ARDS and the key findings of landmark studies over the last 5 years of prone-position ventilation, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and neuromuscular blockade in patients with ARDS.