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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Main Authors: Siddiki, Hassan, Kojicic, Marija, Li, Guangxi, Yilmaz, Murat, Thompson, Taylor B, Hubmayr, Rolf D, Gajic, Ognjen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945122/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20670411
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9206
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