Clinical implementation of the ARDS network protocol is associated with reduced hospital mortality compared with historical controls

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 925-929

  Kallet, Richard H ^a   Jasmer, Robert M ^b   Pittet, Jean Francois ^a,b   Tang, Julin F ^a   Campbell, Andre R ^b   Dicker, Rochelle ^b   Hemphill, Claude ^b   Luce, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Mechanical ventilation; Plateau pressure; Tidal volume; Ventilator associated lung injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; APACHE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 18344379226     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000162382.59289.9C     Document Type: Article

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