Post-Traumatic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the acutely injured patient. The American-European Consensus Conference Report established the most widely accepted definition of ARDS in 1994. In recent years it appears the incidence and impact of the disease are on the decline. This article reviews strategies to prevent and treat post-traumatic ARDS. Well-accepted, proven strategies include lung protective ventilation strategies, as well as conservative transfusion and crystalloid resuscitation policies and the adoption of leukoreduction techniques. Other modalities including hypertonic saline resuscitation, use of albumin and diuretics, positive end expiratory pressure, high-frequency ventilation, prone positioning, recruitment maneuvers, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, corticosteroids, exogenous surfactant, and inhaled nitric oxide are also reviewed.
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