Recent Guidelines on ARDS: Evaluating Evidence and Limitations

The hosts analyze the recently released guidelines on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, discussing their scope, evidence evaluation, and limitations. They delve into topics like the shortcomings of the Berlin definition of ARDS, the limitations of using the PF ratio, challenges in determining ARDS severity with different ventilation protocols, and the new global definition of ARDS released by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.