Recent advances in understanding and treating ARDS [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Acute respiratory distress syndrome represents a complex syndrome with considerable morbidity and mortality, for which there exist no targeted treatment strategies. However, recent advances in clinical care have improved outcomes, and we will review a number of these approaches here, as well as explore the mechanisms underlying the benefit of intervention that might point us in the direction toward future treatment and preventive strategies for this devastating syndrome. Bruce D. Levy ( ) Corresponding author: [email protected] Baron RM and Levy BD. How to cite this article: Recent advances in understanding and treating ARDS [version 1; referees: 2 approved] 2016, (F1000 Faculty Rev):725 (doi: ) F1000Research 5 10.12688/f1000research.7646.1 © 2016 Baron RM and Levy BD. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Licence The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work. Grant information: Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. 22 Apr 2016, (F1000 Faculty Rev):725 (doi: ) First published: 5 10.12688/f1000research.7646.1 Referee Status: