Ventilatory management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adult patients and children (excluding neonates) Société de Réanimation de Langue Française experts recommendations

Organization Committee: Delegate Organizer : Christophe Girault (Rouen). Co-organizer (Pediatrics): Stephane Leteurtre (Lille). Expert Co-ordinators: Adults: Jean-Christophe Richard (Rouen). Pediatrics: Francis Leclerc (Lille). Experts group: Adults: Michel Badet (Lyon), Laurent Brochard (Creteil), JeanDaniel Chiche (Paris), Christophe Delclaux (Creteil), Marc Gainnier (Marseille), Claude Guerin (Lyon), Gilles Hilbert (Bordeaux), Francois Jardin (Boulogne-Billancourt), Philippe Jolliet (Geneva), Francois Lemaire (Creteil), Erwan L’Her (Brest), Salvatore Maggiore (Rome), Jordi Mancebo (Barcelona), Alain Mercat (Angers), Laurent Papazian (Marseille), Jean-Damien Ricard (Colombes), Christian Richard (Le Kremlin-Bicetre), Jack Richecoeur (Pontoise), JeanJacques Rouby (Paris), Antoine Vieillard-Baron (BoulogneBillancourt). Pediatrics: Stephane Dauger (Paris), Philippe Durand (Le KremlinBicetre), Etienne Javouhey (Lyon). Pediatric scoring: Benoit Bœuf (Clermont-Ferrand), Daniel Floret (Lyon), Jean-Christophe Mercier (Paris), Pierre Monin (Nancy). SRLF Guidelines Committee: Didier Barnoud, Thierry Blanc, Thierry Boulain (Secretary) Alain Cariou, Laurence Donetti, Jean-Philippe Fosse, Claude Gervais, Christophe Girault, Frederic Jacobs, Stephane Leteurtre, Bruno Levy, Thierry Pottecher, Marie Thuong, Michel Wolff. Introduction and presentation of the SRLF experts guideline methodology.