Predictive validity of a novel non-invasive estimation of effective shunt fraction in critically ill patients

Abstract Background Accurate measurement of pulmonary oxygenation is important for classification of disease severity and quantification of outcomes in clinical studies. Currently, tension-based methods such as P/F ratio are in widespread use, but are known to be less accurate than content-based met...

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Main Authors: Emma M. Chang, Andrew Bretherick, Gordon B. Drummond, J Kenneth Baillie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40635-019-0262-1