Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1993
Respiratory mechanics and bronchodilator responsiveness in patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
To study the effects of salbutamol (a selective beta 2-adrenergic receptor agonist) on respiratory mechanics in patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ⋯ In ARDS patients, salbutamol decreases the abnormally high airway resistance, by reducing minimum resistance, but has no effect on the effective additional resistance.