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The 16th Aspen Lung Conference
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CHEST VOLUME 65 / NUMBER' 4 / APRIL, 1974 (SUPPLEMENT, PART 1)
presentations in the form of "minipapers" or abstracts along with the essence of the discussion, We invite all readers to enjoy these as we do. The new name of the conference indicates that although we remain deeply interested in emphysema 'and related disorders, future conferences will deal with all timely basic and applied studies of the lung as exemplified by this year's topic. W~ wish to thank those who have supported this year's conference as well as the past conferences. The Aspen Conference now represents a fraternity of those interested in the lung and lung research; thus, the success of this and past conferences is the legacy of many. This is the decade of the lung, and the feeling of warmth and friendship has never been greater than during the close of the conference this year with the usual frivolity and pledge to return next year for the 17th Aspen Lung Conference, which will be one of basic research. Thomas L. Petty, M.D., Leonard D. Hudson, M.D., and David G. Ashbaugh, M.D.
The 16th Aspen Lung Conference
This
year's Aspen Lung Conference (formerly called the Emphysema Conference) deals with acute pulmonary injury and repair. Although most of the sessions deal with basic disciplines, the framework of the conference is the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS ), the clinical counterpart of acute pulmonary injury, first characterized and described in 1967. 1 , 2 The major sessions include the structure and ultrastructure of the injured lung, the pathophysiology of acute pulmonary injury, injury via the circulation, injury via inhalation and infection, oxygen toxicity, humoral and metabolic aspects of acute pulmonary injury, applied studies including positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)3 in both experimental injury and acute pulmonary injury in man and clinical applications. Two featured papers by Weibel and by Lauweryns are special highlights of the program. As usual, this multidisciplinary conference stimulates energetic discussion and debate, most of which is captured in the edited version which follows each major session. The thoughtful and superb summary by Thurlbeck is included in its entirety. Once again this conference develops as many new ideas as are presented and, of course, the formal presentations are enhanced by informal gatherings, including the traditional picnic, which receives a generous anointment by the rain gods. This supplement presents a synopsis of the formal
REFERENCES 1 Ashbaugh DC, Bigelow DB, Petty TL, et al: Acute respiratory distress in adults. Lancet 2:319, 1967 2 Petty TL, Ashbaugh DC: The adult respiratory distress syndrome (clinical features, factors influencing prognosis, and principles of management). Chest 60:233, 1971 3 Petty TL: PEEP. Chest 61:309, 1972
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CHEST VOLUME 65 / NUMBER' 4 / APRIL, 1974 (SUPPLEMENT, PART 1)
presentations in the form of "minipapers" or abstracts along with the essence of the discussion, We invite all readers to enjoy these as we do. The new name of the conference indicates that although we remain deeply interested in emphysema 'and related disorders, future conferences will deal with all timely basic and applied studies of the lung as exemplified by this year's topic. W~ wish to thank those who have supported this year's conference as well as the past conferences. The Aspen Conference now represents a fraternity of those interested in the lung and lung research; thus, the success of this and past conferences is the legacy of many. This is the decade of the lung, and the feeling of warmth and friendship has never been greater than during the close of the conference this year with the usual frivolity and pledge to return next year for the 17th Aspen Lung Conference, which will be one of basic research. Thomas L. Petty, M.D., Leonard D. Hudson, M.D., and David G. Ashbaugh, M.D.
The 16th Aspen Lung Conference
This
year's Aspen Lung Conference (formerly called the Emphysema Conference) deals with acute pulmonary injury and repair. Although most of the sessions deal with basic disciplines, the framework of the conference is the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS ), the clinical counterpart of acute pulmonary injury, first characterized and described in 1967. 1 , 2 The major sessions include the structure and ultrastructure of the injured lung, the pathophysiology of acute pulmonary injury, injury via the circulation, injury via inhalation and infection, oxygen toxicity, humoral and metabolic aspects of acute pulmonary injury, applied studies including positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)3 in both experimental injury and acute pulmonary injury in man and clinical applications. Two featured papers by Weibel and by Lauweryns are special highlights of the program. As usual, this multidisciplinary conference stimulates energetic discussion and debate, most of which is captured in the edited version which follows each major session. The thoughtful and superb summary by Thurlbeck is included in its entirety. Once again this conference develops as many new ideas as are presented and, of course, the formal presentations are enhanced by informal gatherings, including the traditional picnic, which receives a generous anointment by the rain gods. This supplement presents a synopsis of the formal
REFERENCES 1 Ashbaugh DC, Bigelow DB, Petty TL, et al: Acute respiratory distress in adults. Lancet 2:319, 1967 2 Petty TL, Ashbaugh DC: The adult respiratory distress syndrome (clinical features, factors influencing prognosis, and principles of management). Chest 60:233, 1971 3 Petty TL: PEEP. Chest 61:309, 1972
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