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Editorial
. 2019 Nov;11(11):E231-E234.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.10.25.

Early neuromuscular blockade in moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: do not throw the baby out with the bathwater!

Sunghoon Park  1 , Matthieu Schmidt  2   3
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Editorial

Early neuromuscular blockade in moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: do not throw the baby out with the bathwater!

Sunghoon Park et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Nov.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Early Neuromuscular Blockade in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PETAL Clinical Trials Network; Moss M, Huang DT, Brower RG, Ferguson ND, Ginde AA, Gong MN, Grissom CK, Gundel S, Hayden D, Hite RD, Hou PC, Hough CL, Iwashyna TJ, Khan A, Liu KD, Talmor D, Thompson BT, Ulysse CA, Yealy DM, Angus DC. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PETAL Clinical Trials Network, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 23;380(21):1997-2008. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1901686. Epub 2019 May 19. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 31112383 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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