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Bedside quantification of dead-space fraction using routine clinical data in patients with acute lung injury: secondary analysis of two prospective trials
INTRODUCTION: Dead-space fraction (Vd/Vt) has been shown to be a powerful predictor of mortality in acute lung injury (ALI) patients. The measurement of Vd/Vt is based on the analysis of expired CO(2 )which is not a part of standard practice thus limiting widespread clinical application of this meth...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20670411 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9206 |