Includes bibliographic references and index.

1. Overview / Thomas L. Petty -- 2. Definitions and clinical risk factors / Marc Moss and B. Taylor Thompson -- 3. Epidemiology of acute lung injury: a public health perspective / Gordon D. Rubenfeld and Margaret J. Neff -- 4. Radiographic findings of the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Desireé M. Quinones, Maymi and Philip C. Goodman -- 5. Pulmonary pathology of the acute respiratory distress syndrome : diffuse alveolar damage / Joseph F. Tomashefski, Jr. -- 6. Pathogenesis of acute lung injury: experimental studies / Nicholas David Manzo and Aaron B. Waxman -- 7. Pathogenesis of acute lung injury: clinical studies / Lorraine B. Ware and Timothy W. Evans -- 8. Is apoptosis important in the pathogenesis and resolution of the acute respiratory distress syndrome? / Gustavo Matute-Bello and Thomas R. Martin -- 9. Pathogenesis of ventilator-induced lung injury / James A. Frank, Yumiko Imai, and Arthur S. Slutsky -- 10. Pathogenesis of sepsis and septic-induced lung injury / Guy A. Zimmerman, Kurt H. Albertine, and Thomas M. McIntyre -- 11. Heat shock response, heat shock proteins, and acute lung injury / Hyon Lee, Michaela C. Godzich, and Jean-François Pittet -- 12. Mechanisms of fibroproliferation in acute lung injury / Mitchell A. Olman -- 13. Genetic factors in acute lung injury / Richard P. Marshall -- 14. Approach to the genetic epidemiology of acute lung injury / Michelle Ng Gong and David C. Christiani -- 15. Resolution of alveolar edema: mechanisms and relationship to clinical acute lung injury / Michael A. Matthay ... [et al.] -- 16. Sepsis in the acute respiratory distress syndrome: treatment implications / Arthur P. Wheeler and Gordon R. Bernard -- 17. Modulation of pulmonary vascular tone in the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Udo Kaisers ... [et al.] -- 18. Glucocorticoid therapy for the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Richard B. Goodman and Leonard D. Hudson -- 19. Surfactant therapy in the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Roger G. Spragg and James F. Lewis -- 20. Prone position in the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Antonio Anzueto and Luciano Gattinoni -- 21. Mechanical ventilation in the acute respiratory distress syndrome / Roy G. Brower and Laurent J. Brochard -- 22. Severe acute respiratory syndrome / Lorraine B. Ware -- 23. Acute lung injury: recent progress and promising directions for future research / Michael A. Matthay.

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