More randomized controlled trials in acute lung injury? Not so fast, my friend

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2763-2764

  O'Brien, James M ^a   Prescott, Hallie C ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute lung injury; classification tree; clinical trial design; mortality; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG VENTILATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 81855185930     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822a5a56     Document Type: Editorial

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