The Relation of Pneumothorax and Other Air Leaks to Mortality in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Open Access
- 5 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (6) , 341-346
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199802053380601
Abstract
In patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumothorax and other air leaks — any extrusion of air outside the tracheobronchial tree — have been attributed to high ventilatory pressures or volumes and linked to increased mortality.Keywords
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