Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) remains an important cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide and the incidence is predicted to increase with the aging population
Several clinical disorders can initiate ARDS including pneumonia sepsis gastric aspiration
and trauma but despite intense research over the past 40 years we still have an incomplete
understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease and treatment remains largely supportive.
This book provides an overview of acute lung injury and repair describes current animal models
to study lung injury and reviews current methodologies to study and measure lung injury and
repair. Special emphasis is given to state of the art techniques and methods and relevance to
human disease. Acute Lung Injury and Repair: Scientific Fundamentals and Methods is a useful
resource for physicians and scientists who are interested in experimental model systems for
insight into ARDS pathogenesis and treatment strategies. ¿
