Frequency and prognostic impact of basic critical care echocardiography abnormalities in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Autor: Kay Choong See, Jeffrey Ng, Wen Ting Siow, Venetia Ong, Jason Phua
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Annals of Intensive Care, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2110-5820
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-017-0343-9
Popis: Abstract Background Among intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), apart from acute cor pulmonale (ACP), the frequency and prognostic impact of basic critical care echocardiography (BCCE) abnormalities are not well defined. Methods Observational study of patients with ARDS, admitted from September 2012 to May 2014, who underwent BCCE within 48 h of admission to a 20-bed medical ICU. We examined the association of two major BCCE-detected abnormalities (left ventricular ejection fraction
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