Rapid-Onset Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in a Patient Undergoing Metastatic Liver Resection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Metastatic liver resection following cytoreductive chemotherapy is an accepted treatment for oligometastatic tumor diseases. Although pulmonary complications are frequently reported in patients undergoing liver surgery including liver transplantation, life-threatening acute respiratory failures in t...

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Main Authors: Thorsten Brenner, Johann Motsch, Jens Werner, Lars Grenacher, Eike Martin, Stefan Hofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/586425