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Extravascular lung water indexed to predicted body weight is a novel predictor of intensive care unit mortality in patients with acute lung injury*

Thelma Craig, Martin Duffy, Murali Shyamsundar, Clíona McDowell, Brian McLaughlin, J.S. Elborn, Daniel F. McAuley

Critical Care Medicine · 2009 · 140 citations · 28 references

Abstract

Early measurement of predicted extravascular lung water is a better predictor than actual extravascular lung water to identify patients at risk for death in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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