Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a first-line treatment strategy for ARDS: Is the evidence sufficiently strong?

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1703-1704

  Checkley, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGHLY SPECIALIZED CENTER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80054729081     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1504     Document Type: Editorial

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