Abstract
How acute respiratory distress syndrome is defined has a significant impact on the results of randomized, controlled trials and epidemiologic studies. Changes to the current American-European Consensus Conference definition are likely to have an important role in advancing the understanding and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Keywords
MedicineIntensive care medicineMEDLINEPopulationAcute respiratory distressDistressClinical trialConsensus conferenceRespiratory distressPathologySurgeryClinical psychologyInternal medicine
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- Year
- 2008
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2912-2921
- Citations
- 79
- Access
- Closed
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Jason Phua,
Thomas E. Stewart,
Niall D. Ferguson
(2008).
Acute respiratory distress syndrome 40 years later: Time to revisit its definition*.
Critical Care Medicine
, 36
(10)
, 2912-2921.
https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0b013e31817d20bd
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- DOI
- 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31817d20bd