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Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Public Health Science, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

Comment

Nadir Yehya et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;18(2):204-205.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001043.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Public Health Science, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

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Comment on

Alveolar Dead Space Fraction Discriminates Mortality in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Yehya N, Bhalla AK, Thomas NJ, Khemani RG. Yehya N, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Feb;17(2):101-9. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000613. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016. PMID: 26669646 Free PMC article.
Generalizability Concern of Alveolar Dead Space Fraction of Yehya et al.
Koomen E, Wösten-van Asperen RM. Koomen E, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb;18(2):204. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001041. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017. PMID: 28157805 No abstract available.