Abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIM: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a fatal disease presenting with respiratory failure. Patients with ARDS account for a considerable portion of patients staying in the intensive care unit (ICU). Therefore, advances in the treatment of these patients are of great importance. Direct or indirect injury to the lung initiates an inflammatory process. This results in impaired integrity of the alveolar-capillary membrane, pulmonary edema, and severe hypoxia. The present study compared … Show more
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