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Mason: Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine 4th Ed.-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Part 3 - Clinical Respiratory Medicine: Access document
  - Section S - Management of Respiratory Failure: Access document
    - Chapter 84 - Principles of Mechanical Ventilation: Access document
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Positive-Pressure Mechanical Ventilator Design Features: Access document
      - Physiologic Effects of Positive-Pressure Mechanical Ventilation: Access document
      - Non-Pressure-Related Complications of Mechanical Ventilation: Access document
      - Applying Mechanical Ventilatory Support: Access document
      - Summary: Access document
      - References: Access document
    - Chapter 85 - Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure, Including Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Classification of Hypoxemia: Access document
      - Clinical Features And Diagnostic Approach: Access document
      - Causes of Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Access document
      - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
      - Summary: Access document
      - References: Access document
      - References: Access document
    - Chapter 86 - Acute Ventilatory Failure: Access document
      - Introduction and Definitions: Access document
      - Pathophysiology of Acute Ventilatory Failure: Access document
      - Acute Ventilatory Failure Due to Insufficient Ventilatory Drive: Access document
      - Acute Ventilatory Failure Due to Neuromuscular Impairment: Access document
      - Acute Ventilatory Failure Due to Restrictive Mechanisms: Access document
      - Acute Ventilatory Failure Due to Airway Obstruction: Access document
      - Acute Ventilatory Failure Due to Vascular Impairment: Access document
      - Summary: Access document
      - References: Access document
    - Chapter 87 - Care at the End of Life for Patients with Respiratory Failure: Access document
      - Introduction: Access document
      - The Burden of Respiratory Failure: Access document
      - Predicting the Outcome of Respiratory Failure: Access document
      - Treatment Goals at the End of Life: Access document
      - Where and How Death Occurs: Access document
      - Ethical and Legal Justification for End-of-Life Care: Access document
      - Medical Decision-Making at the End of Life: Access document
      - Understanding What Physicians, Patients, and Families Need at the End of Life: Access document
      - Providing Appropriate Settings for Dying Patients: Access document
      - Emotional and Spiritual Support: Access document
      - Symptom Management: Access document
      - Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy: Access document
      - Improving the Quality of Care at the End of Life: Access document
      - Summary: Access document
      - Acknowledgments: Access document
      - References: Access document
      - References: Access document
    - Chapter 88 - Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Access document
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Definition and Goals: Access document
      - History: Access document
      - Rationale: Access document
      - Indications: Access document
      - Smoking Cessation: Access document
      - Components of a Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program: Access document
      - Program Organization: Access document
      - Outcomes: Access document
      - Recent Adjuncts: Access document
      - Summary: Access document
      - References: Access document
    - Chapter 89 - Lung Transplantation: Access document
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Clinical Lung Transplantation: Access document
      - Selection and Evaluation of Candidates: Access document
      - Preoperative and Perioperative Management: Access document
      - Infectious Complications: Access document
      - Rejection: Access document
      - Functional Outcomes: Access document
      - Medical Complications of Long-Term Survivors: Access document
      - Recurrent Disease: Access document
      - Retransplantation: Access document
      - Summary: Access document
      - References: Access document
      - References: Access document
- Appendix: Access document
  - Glossary of Terms and Standard Symbols: Access document
    - I. Primary and Qualifying Symbols: Access document
      - General: Access document
      - Ventilation: Access document
      - Gas Exchange-Blood Flow: Access document
    - II. Ventilation and Lung Mechanics: Access document
      - Static Lung Volumes: Access document
      - Descriptors of Forced Breathing Maneuvers: Access document
      - Descriptors of Ventilation: Access document
      - Volume-Pressure Relationships: Access document
      - Flow-Pressure Relationships: Access document
    - III. Gas Exchange: Access document
      - Blood: Access document
      - Gas to Blood: Access document
    - IV. Hemodynamic Descriptor: Access document
    - V. Other Useful Terms And Equations: Access document
Brenner and Rector's The Kidney 7th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 61 - Intensive Care Nephrology: Access document
  - Introduction: Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Failure: Access document
  - Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
    - Clinical Features: Access document
    - Risk Factors: Access document
    - Pathophysiology: Access document
    - Treatment: Access document
    - Effects on Renal Function: Access document
Moore: Handbook of Medical Psychiatry, 2nd ed..-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Section XXVIII - Metabolic Disorders
  - Chapter 271 - Respiratory Failure: Access document
Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment-2006 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Section III - Clinical Algorithms: Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
  - Respiratory, Distress: Access document
  - Aspiration, Gastric Contets: Access document
- Section II - Differential Diagnosis: Access document
  - Respiratory Failure, Hypoventilatory: Access document
- Section I - Diseases and Disorders: Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
Goldman: Cecil Textbook of Medicine 22nd Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Part X - Critical Care Medicine: Access document
  - Chapter 98 - Approach to the Patient in a Critical Care Setting: Access document
    - [Approach to the Patient in a Critical Care Setting]: Access document
    - Suggested Readings: Access document
  - Chapter 99 - Acute Respiratory Failure: Access document
    - Definition: Access document
    - Approach to Acute Respiratory Failure: Access document
    - Specific Acute Respiratory Failure Syndromes: Access document
      - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Access document
      - Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
      - Acute Respiratory Failure without Lung Disease: Access document
    - General Supportive Measures in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure: Access document
    - Grade A: Access document
    - Suggested Readings: Access document
  - Chapter 100 - Respiratory Monitoring in Critical Care: Access document
    - Respiration: Access document
    - Assessment of Ventilation: Access document
    - Assessment of Arterial Oxygenation: Access document
    - Assessment of Oxygen Delivery and Utilization: Access document
    - Suggested Readings: Access document
  - Chapter 101 - Ventilator Management in the Intensive Care Unit: Access document
    - Mechanical Ventilation: Access document
    - Positive End-Expiratory Pressure: Access document
    - Endotracheal Intubation: Access document
    - Grade A: Access document
    - Suggested Readings: Access document
Ferri: Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient 6th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 13 - Interdisciplinary Medicine: Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
Cheng-Zaas: The Osler Medical Handbook 1st Ed. - 2003 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 68 - Acute Respiratory Failure: Access document
  - Introduction: Access document
  - Clinical Presentation: Access document
  - Hypoxia: Access document
  - Hypercarbia: Access document
  - References: Access document
- Chapter 76 - Rapid References: Access document
  - Pulmonary: Access document
    - Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Criteria: Access document
Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd Ed.-2001 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 77 - Respiratory Failure: Access document
  - Introduction: Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Failure: Access document
Sabiston: Textbook of Surgery 17th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 57 - Lung (Including Pulmonary Embolism and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome): Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
MD Consult Reference Books: Table of contents | Keyword search - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
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The Merck Manual 17th Ed.-1999: Table of contents
- Chapter 67: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Table of contents
  - General: Access document
Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
- Respiratory Failure: Access document
General Medical Officer (GMO) Manual - January 2000 Revision: Table of contents
- Clinical Section: Table of contents
  - Respiratory Failure: Access document

Emergency Medicine Resources See also General Emergency Medicine Resources

Marx: Rosen: Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice 5th Ed.-2002 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 71 - Pneumonia: Access document
  - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
Emergency Medicine (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult: Access document
- Pediatrics, Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document

Pediatrics Resources See also General Pediatrics Resources

Behrman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 17th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Part 8 - The Acutely Ill Child
  - Chapter 58 - Acute (Adult) Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Access document
Johns Hopkins: The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers 17th Ed-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Part II - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Information: Access document
  - Chapter 17 - Neonatology: Access document
    - VI - Respiratory Diseases: Access document
    - References: Access document
Emergency Medicine (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Pediatrics, Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
Pediatrics (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document

Geriatrics Resources See also General Geriatrics Resources

Duthie: Practice of Geriatrics 3rd Ed.-1998 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 45 - Pulmonary Disorders: Access document
Merck Manual of Geriatrics: Table of contents
- Chapter 79. Respiratory Failure: Access document
  - Etiology and Pathophysiology: Access document
  - Diagnosis: Access document
  - Treatment: Access document
  - Intubation: Access document
  - Mechanical Ventilation: Access document
  - End-of-Life Issues: Access document
Geriatrics Resource Guide (Northwestern Univ): Table of contents
- Geriatric Aphorisms: Access document
- History and Physical Examination: Access document

Radiology Resources See also General Radiology Resources

Mettler: Essentials of Radiology 2nd Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 3 - Chest: Access document
  - Tubes, Wires, and Lines: Access document
    - Introduction: Access document
    - Air-Space Pathology: Access document
Grainger and Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging 4th Ed.-2001 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 27 - The Postoperative and Critically Ill Patient: Access document
  - Introduction: Access document
  - Cardiopulmonary Diseases: Asccess document
    - Introduction: Access document
    - Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Access document
  - References: Access document
- Chapter 31A - The Neonatal Chest: Access document
  - Radiation Risks and Radiological Techniques: Access document
  - The Normal Chest, Variations and Artefacts: Access document
  - Normal Lung Development: Access document
  - Neonatal Respiratory Distress: Access document
  - Lung Problems Associated with Neonatal Intensive Care and Management of RDS: Access document
  - References: Access document
  - Suggested Further Reading: Access document
Radiology (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
MedPix Medical Image Database: Homepage
- Chest, Pulmonary (ex. Heart): List of documents
  - ARDS: Access document

Pathology Resources

Brenner and Rector's The Kidney 7th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 61 - Intensive Care Nephrology: Access document
  - Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
    - Pathophysiology: Access document
    - Effects on Renal Function: Access document
Kumar: Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease 7th Ed.-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Chapter 15 - The Lung: Access document
  - Normal Lung: Access document
  - Pathology: Access document
    - Introduction: Access document
    - Acute Lung Injury: Access document
  - References: Access document
eAtlas of Pathology (Univ of Connecticut): Table of contents
- Diseases of Lung: List of documents
  - Diffuse Alveolar Damage (4X): Access document
  - Diffuse Alveolar Damage (20X): Access document
  - Diffuse Alveolar Damage (40X ): Access document
  - Diffuse Alveolar Damage (4X ): Access document
  - Diffuse Alveolar Damage (20X): Access document
  - Diffuse Alveolar Damage (40X): Access document

Clinical Guidelines

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Homepage
- Lung Information: List of documents
- Other Health Information: List of documents
MD Consult Practice Guidelines: Table of contents | Keyword search - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome: List of documents
National Guideline Clearinghouse: MeSH browse | Detailed search
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult (MeSH browse): List of documents
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Keyword search): List of documents

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Homepage
- Respiratory Tract (Lung and Bronchial) Diseases: Table of contents
  - Respiratory Distress Syndrome: List of documents
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service: Homepage
- Clinical Trials by Disease Categories: Table of contents
  - Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases: Table of contents
    - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): List of documents
YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Clinical Trials
Additional Clinical Trials resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)

News Resources

Doctor's Guide to the Internet: Homepage
- Pulmonology News: List of documents
  - Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Keyword search): List of documents
MD Consult: Homepage - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
- Today in Medicine: Table of content (scroll down to Pulmonology)

Miscellaneous Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Resources

HealthWeb: Homepage
- Pulmonary Medicine: Table of contents
  - Clinical Resources: List of documents
  - Drug Resources: List of documents
  - Pediatric Sites: List of documents
  - Clinical Guidelines: List of documents
  - General Resources: List of documents
  - Online Publications: List of documents
  - Organizations: List of documents
  - Communication: List of documents
  - Multimedia Medical Reference Library: List of documents
YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Additional Respiratory Distress Syndrome resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)
YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Respiratory Diseases
Additional Respiratory Diseases resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)
YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Pulmonary and Critical Care
Additional Pulmonary resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)