Mortality is the only relevant outcome in ARDS: no

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-146

  Kress, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETURN TO WORK; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FORECASTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84918498441     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3563-6     Document Type: Editorial

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