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Short women with severe sepsis-related acute lung injury receive lung protective ventilation less frequently: an observational cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Lung protective ventilation (LPV) has been shown to improve survival and the duration of mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury (ALI) patients. Mortality of ALI may vary by gender, which could result from treatment variability. Whether gender is associated with the use of LPV is n...

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Autores principales: Han, SeungHye, Martin, Greg S, Maloney, James P, Shanholtz, Carl, Barnes, Kathleen C, Murray, Stacey, Sevransky, Jonathan E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22044724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10524