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Distinct molecular phenotypes of direct vs indirect ARDS in single-center and multicenter studies.
Chest - 1 Jun 2015
Calfee Carolyn S, Janz David R, Bernard Gordon R, May Addison K, Kangelaris Kirsten N, Matthay Michael A, Ware Lorraine B
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BACKGROUND: ARDS is a heterogeneous syndrome that encompasses lung injury from both direct and indirect sources. Direct ARDS (pneumonia, aspiration) has been hypothesized to cause more severe lung epithelial injury than indirect ARDS (eg, nonpulmonary sepsis); however, this hypothesis has not been well studied in humans. METHODS: We measured plasma biomarkers of lung epithelial and endothelial injury and...
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