The Latest in Critical Care, 6/26/23 (Issue #6)

An expert panel broadened the definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

They announced this at the American Thoracic Society meeting in May 2023. Thirty-two experts virtually to update the 2012 update (in Berlin), and declared that ARDS shall henceforth include anyone with:

• PaO2/FiO2 ≤300 mmHg (on an arterial blood gas) or

• SpO2/FiO2 ≤315m…