This article was first published in the Summer 2021 issue of Critical Connections.
 
The Peter Safar Memorial Lecture, ARDS: Will Precision Approaches Move the Needle? sought to identify COVID-19’s link to ARDS, reveal the failings in past approaches to ARDS treatment, and describe current
and future opportunities for individualizing therapy for patients with ARDS. “COVID-19 manifests itself in ARDS,” Dr. Talmor said at the beginning of his presentation. “This is a disease that’s been around for
more than 50 years, one that we’ve battled with often, and one in which we’re making great progress.”
 
Critical Connections, the critical care industry's only newsmagazine, provides information on cutting-edge topics in critical care useful to the entire multiprofessional team.Daniel S. Talmor, MD, MPH