Thrombocytopenia is associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality: an international study.

Early detection of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) has the potential to improve the prognosis of critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). However, no reliable biomarkers are currently available for accurate early detection of ARDS in patients with predisposin...

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Main Authors: Tiehua Wang, Zhuang Liu, Zhaoxi Wang, Meili Duan, Gang Li, Shupeng Wang, Wenxiong Li, Zhaozhong Zhu, Yongyue Wei, David C Christiani, Ang Li, Xi Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986053?pdf=render