Bench-to-bedside review Distal airways in acute respiratory distress syndrome.docVIP

Available online /content/11/1/206 Review Bench-to-bedside review: Distal airways in acute respiratory distress syndrome Manu Jain and J Iasha Sznajder Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Room M-321, 240 E. Huron Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA Corresponding author: Manu Jain, m-jain@ Published: 15 February 2007 Critical Care 2007, 11:206 (doi:10.1186/cc5159) This article is online at /content/11/1/206 ? 2007 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Distal airways: anatomy, histology and physiology Distal airways are less than 2 mm in di