American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jul 2017
ReviewFifty Years of Research in ARDS. Insight into ARDS - From Models to Patients.
Clinicians who treat patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) use information and guidance from a wide array of sources, ranging from laboratory experiments, clinical data, health services research, intuition, to personal experience. Each of these sources of information brings unique methodology and information, but each is inherently limited. ⋯ However, an overwhelming body of knowledge has accumulated in the field from multiple sources. In this review, we describe the nature of some of these sources as they relate to ARDS and review examples of when they have succeeded (and sometimes failed) in shaping practice or advancing knowledge about ARDS.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jul 2017
Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Nationwide Analysis in 272 Chinese Cities.
Evidence concerning the acute health effects of air pollution caused by fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in developing countries is quite limited. ⋯ This nationwide investigation provided robust evidence of the associations between short-term exposure to PM2.5 and increased mortality from various cardiopulmonary diseases in China. The magnitude of associations was lower than those reported in Europe and North America.