ARDS diagnosed by SpO₂/FiO₂ ratio compared with PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio: the role as a diagnostic tool for early enrolment into clinical trials

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Franz J Wiedermann et al. Open Med (Wars). 2016.

. 2016 Aug 2;11(1):297.

doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0056. eCollection 2016.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

No abstract available

Keywords: acute respiratory distress syndrome; carboxyhemoglobinemia; diagnosis; pulsoxymetry.

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