Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, U.S.

ALI/ARDS after lung resection linked to high mortality in patients requiring mechanical ventilation

Published in Lab Business Week, October 1st, 2006

Researchers found that acute lung injury (ALI) and ARDS after lung resection were associated with a high mortality in patients who require invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and ICU care.

According to a recent report published in the journal Chest, researchers in the United States conducted a study "to describe the frequency and outcome of patients with ALI and ARDS who require MV after lung resection, and to analyze preoperative and perioperative variables associated with mortality."

"We retrospectively reviewed the case records of all patients who underwent lung resection and acquired ALI and/or ARDS and required invasive MV and ICU...

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Source: Lab Business Week (2006-10-01)

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