References & Links

¹ American Lung Association Report 2006
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33316

² "Acute Lung Injury - Affecting Many Lives" New England Journal of Medicine 20 Oct. 2005, Vol. 353: 1736.

³ "Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury." New England Journal of Medicine 20 Oct. 2005, Vol. 353: 1685-1693, N.16.

⁴ "Adult Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Fact Sheet." American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35012

⁵ "Treatment of ARDS." Chest
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/120/4/1347

⁶ "GOLD Teaching Slide Set." GOLD: Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease
http://www.goldcopd.org/

⁷ "It Has a Name: COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease." National Heart & Lung Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/copd/

⁸ "Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome." ARDS Foundation
http://www.ardsil.com/acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome.htm

⁹ "How best to ventilate? Trial design and patient safety in studies of the acute respiratory distress syndrome." The New England Journal of Medicine 4 April 2003. Vol. 348, Iss. 14 pg. 1393.

¹⁰ "Projected Incident of Mechanical Ventilation in Ontario to 2026: Preparing for the Aging Baby Boomers." Crit Care Med 2005, Vol. 33, N. 3.

¹¹ "Percutaneous Venovenous CO₂ Removal with Regional Anticoagulation in an Ovine Model." ASAIO Journal 2006, 52: 467-470.