Patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis admitted to the intensive care unit with acute vasculitis manifestations: a retrospective and comparative multicentric study
Abstract Purpose Data for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients requiring intensive care are scarce. Methods We included 97 consecutive patients with acute AAV manifestations (new onset or relapsing disease), admitted to 18 intensive care units (ICUs) over a 10-year period (2002–2012). A group o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2017-04-01
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Series: | Annals of Intensive Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-017-0262-9 |