Improving Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Diagnosis: Is Lung Ultrasound the Answer?

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Editorial

Lorraine B Ware. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 15;207(12):1548-1549.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0406ED.

¹ Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee.

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Lung Ultrasound Prediction Model for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study.
Smit MR, Hagens LA, Heijnen NFL, Pisani L, Cherpanath TGV, Dongelmans DA, de Grooth HS, Pierrakos C, Tuinman PR, Zimatore C, Paulus F, Schnabel RM, Schultz MJ, Bergmans DCJJ, Bos LDJ; DARTS Consortium members. Smit MR, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Jun 15;207(12):1591-1601. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202210-1882OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 36790377 Free PMC article.

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