Survival predictor in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and diffuse alveolar damage undergoing open lung biopsy.

Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is a typical pathological finding of open lung biopsies in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients with ARDS and DAD have been reported to have a poorer prognosis than those without DAD. The aim of this study was to investigate the survival pr...

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Main Authors: Kuo-Chin Kao, Chih-Hao Chang, Chen-Yiu Hung, Li-Chung Chiu, Chung-Chi Huang, Han-Chung Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5497963?pdf=render