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Editorial
. 2018 Mar 28;27(147):180008.
doi: 10.1183/16000617.0008-2018. Print 2018 Mar 31.

Highlights in acute respiratory failure

Raffaele Scala  1 , Leo Heunks  2
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Editorial

Highlights in acute respiratory failure

Raffaele Scala et al. Eur Respir Rev. .

Abstract

ARF management requires an escalation therapeutic strategy based on application of a wide range of ventilatory and non-ventilatory interventions; there are many unanswered questions that need to be addressed in the near future http://ow.ly/xbPi30iUP2y

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: L. Heunks reports research grants from Liberate Medical and Orion Pharma, and fees (speaker and travel) from Getinge, outside the submitted work.

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FIGURE 1
Escalation therapeutic strategy, integrative supports and management of acute respiratory failure. ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ECCO2R: extracorporeal CO2 removal. Reproduced and modified from [6] with permission.
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