Acute respiratory distress syndrome and the Art of War

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1798-1799

  Phua, Jason ^a   Badia, Joan R ^b   Ferguson, Niall D ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Mortality; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DROTRECOGIN;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650468698     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a09310     Document Type: Editorial

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