Ashbaugh, Bigelow, Petty and Levine: acute respiratory distress in adults

What changed

Identified recurrent clinical features in 12 adults with acute respiratory distress.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact four-author 1967 Lancet report. It does not establish population incidence, validate modern ARDS criteria, prove treatment efficacy or absorb later consensus definitions.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact four-author 1967 Lancet report. It does not establish population incidence, validate modern ARDS criteria, prove treatment efficacy or absorb later consensus definitions.

Contributors

• David G. Ashbaugh · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• D. Boyd Bigelow · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Thomas L. Petty · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Bernard E. Levine · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Lancet DOI for acute respiratory distress in adults

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