Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome immediately following the removal of an aspirated foreign body
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a form of diffuse lung injury with many potential etiologies, pneumonia being the most common cause developing outside of the hospital. Foreign body (FB) aspiration is a risk factor for pneumonia, and therefore, ARDS. Although these associations exist, t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007119302485 |