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Pharmacologic adjuncts to mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, USA.
Critical Care Clinics
|January 19, 1999
Abstract:
This article reviews pharmacologic approaches to treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The authors discuss the therapeutic effects of ketoconazole, antioxidants, corticosteroids, surfactant, ketanserin, pentoxifylline, bronchodilators, and almitrine in ARDS. Current animal data and proposed mechanics which may foster future pharmacologic therapies are also examined.