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Nebulized heparin is associated with fewer days of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial

INTRODUCTION: Prolonged mechanical ventilation has the potential to aggravate or initiate pulmonary inflammation and cause lung damage through fibrin deposition. Heparin may reduce pulmonary inflammation and fibrin deposition. We therefore assessed whether nebulized heparin improved lung function in...

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Autores principales: Dixon, Barry, Schultz, Marcus J, Smith, Roger, Fink, James B, Santamaria, John D, Campbell, Duncan J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20937093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9286