Fish oil is not the fix for acute lung injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1829-1830

  Wiedemann, Herbert P ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute lung injury; acute respiratory distress syndrome; antioxidants; borage oil; fish oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BORAGE OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; PLACEBO; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR;

EID: 79959666262     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821b82bb     Document Type: Editorial

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