Topic of the Week November 16th to 22nd 2015 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Monday Beitler. Preventing ARDS: Progress, Promise, and Pitfalls. Chest 2014;146(4):1102-1113 Tuesday Koh. Update in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Journal of Intensive Care 2014;2:2 Wednesday Boyle. Pharmacological treatments in ARDS; a state-of-the-art update. BMC Med 2013;11(1):166 Thursday Fanelli. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: new definition, current and future therapeutic options. J Thorac Dis 2013;5(3):326-334 Friday Morrison. Mesenchymal stromal cells for treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome: The beginning of the story. JICS 2015;epublished May 21st Saturday Yan. Biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognostic assessment of acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Transl Intern Med 2014;2:160-3 Sunday Ochiai. Mechanical ventilation of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Journal of Intensive Care 2015;3:25