Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Davide Chiumello, MD, is an intensivist in the Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Therapy at Fondazione IRCCS - Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Dr. Chiumello's research work has focused on understanding the pathological and clinical aspects of acute respiratory distress syndrome; he has a particular interest in respiratory physiology, esophageal pressure, lung recruitment, lung imaging, ventilator-induced lung injury, the prone position, controlled and assisted mechanical ventilation, and non-invasive ventilation. Since 2009 he has been Editor-in-Chief of Minerva Anestesiologica (official journal of Societa Italiana di Analgesia, Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva) and he is also a member of the editorial board of Critical Care Medicine (official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine). He is a reviewer for a number of international journals and since 2013 has been Editor of the Respiratory Failure section for PACT (Patient-Centred Acute Care Training) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Dr. Chiumello is the author of more than 100 scientific articles and a number of chapters in medical textbooks (H-index 24).

Definition, prevalence and outcome.- Pathophysiology.- Ventilation strategies: tidal volume and PEEP.- Ventilation strategies: high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.- Ventilation strategies: recruitment maneuvers.- Prone position.- Partial or total extracorporeal support.- Vasodilators.- Weaning.- Lung imaging.- Metabolic Support.- Pharmacological interventions: Neuromuscolar blocking agents.- Ventilator-induced lung injury.- Monitoring of respiratory mechanics.- Noninvasive ventilation.- Interaction between heart and lung.- Anti-inflammatory agents and stem cells.- Sedation.- ARDS in children.

"This is an outstanding book compiled by leading world experts in the field of ARDS and thereby provides a comprehensive, accurate, and upto-date summary on the majority of aspects around ARDS. ... This book is an asset for senior trainees and specialists in the field of critical care medicine but beneficial also to other health care practitioners seeking state of the art on the management of patients with ARDS." (Adrian Regli, Britta von Ungern-Sternberg, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 126 (5), May, 2018)

"This multiauthored monograph reviews the clinical problem of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the focused treatment strategies and broad organ system management of patientsfacing this major form of hypoxemic respiratory failure seen in critical care practice. ... Senior trainees and staff providers at all levels are an appropriate audience for this work ... . This is an outstanding summary of recent work describing the management of one of the important syndromes in critical care medicine." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2017)