The Kigali modification of the berlin definition: a new epidemiological tool for ARDS?

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¹ 1 Intensive Care Unit of Heart and Vessels Department, 2 Intensive Care Unit and Regional ECMO Referral centre, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.

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Chiara Lazzeri et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;8(6):E443-5.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.03.84.

¹ 1 Intensive Care Unit of Heart and Vessels Department, 2 Intensive Care Unit and Regional ECMO Referral centre, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Hospital Incidence and Outcomes of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using the Kigali Modification of the Berlin Definition.
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