Respiratory Mechanics, Lung Recruitability, and Gas Exchange in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Objectives:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a clinical syndrome characterized by a refractory hypoxemia due to an inflammatory and high permeability pulmonary edema secondary to direct or indirect lung insult (pulmonary and extrapulmonary form). Aim of this study was to evaluate in a large dat