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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with and without diffuse alveolar damage: an autopsy study.
Intensive care medicine - 1 Nov 2015
Lorente José A, Cardinal-Fernández Pablo, Muñoz Diego, Frutos-Vivar Fernando, Thille Arnaud W, Jaramillo Carlos, Ballén-Barragán Aida, Rodríguez José M, Peñuelas Oscar, Ortiz Guillermo, Blanco José, Pinheiro Bruno Valle, Nin Nicolás, del Carmen Marin María, Esteban Andrés, Thompson Taylor B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate that among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the presence of diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) at histological examination, as compared to its absence, defines a specific subphenotype. METHODS: We studied 149 patients who died in our ICU with the clinical diagnosis of ARDS according to the Berlin Definition (BD) and who had autopsy examination. We compared the change...
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