Excess Body Weight Is Not Independently Associated with Outcome in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Lung Injury

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  O'Brien Jr , James M ^a,b   Welsh, Carolyn H ^a   Fish, Ronald H ^a   Ancukiewicz, Marek ^a   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b 4200 East Nineth Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOCONAZOLE; LISOFYLLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442357136     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-5-200403020-00009     Document Type: Article

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