{"title":"Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Why a definition matters.","authors":"Christine Girard, Divyajot Sadana, Shewit Giovanni, Heather Torbic, Abhijit Duggal","doi":"10.3949/ccjm.92a.24115","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been updated several times since the syndrome was first described in 1967. The aim of the initial definition was to better study this disease and standardize its care. Each iteration has brought its own set of nuances and challenges. In 2024, a new global definition of ARDS was proposed. This review highlights the evolution of ARDS definitions over the years and discusses the key components of the new proposed global definition.</p>","PeriodicalId":10245,"journal":{"name":"Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine","volume":"92 9","pages":"565-571"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24115","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been updated several times since the syndrome was first described in 1967. The aim of the initial definition was to better study this disease and standardize its care. Each iteration has brought its own set of nuances and challenges. In 2024, a new global definition of ARDS was proposed. This review highlights the evolution of ARDS definitions over the years and discusses the key components of the new proposed global definition.
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The mission of Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) is to provide its readers with up-to-date, practical, clinical information relevant to internal medicine, cardiology, and related fields. Consistent with this mission, CCJM focuses on timely review articles and other content that has a continuing-education orientation rather than on original research or case reports. CCJM authors, drawn from Cleveland Clinic and other top medical institutions throughout the world, are asked to identify new findings that are changing the practice of medicine and to advise readers how to apply them in daily patient care. Authors are chosen for their experience, acquired through caring for patients, teaching other physicians, and researching clinical questions.