Why does acute lung injury have no impact on mortality in patients with major trauma?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 583-584

  McClintock, Dana E ^a   Matthay, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Alveolar epithelium; Endothelial injury; Hospital costs; Neurologic trauma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; BRAIN INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INJURY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

HUMANS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1242275088     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000110664.96666.B3     Document Type: Editorial

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