Clinical review: exogenous surfactant therapy for acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome - where do we go from here?
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are characterised by severe hypoxemic respiratory failure and poor lung compliance. Despite advances in clinical management, morbidity and mortality remains high. Supportive measures including protective lung ventilation confer a survi...
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| Language: | English |
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2012-11-22.
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