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Editorial
. 2024 Dec 1;210(11):1289-1291.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202410-1974ED.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: No Disease for Old Men

Tommaso Pettenuzzo  1 , Paolo Navalesi  1   2
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Editorial

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: No Disease for Old Men

Tommaso Pettenuzzo et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Hazard ratio for each age group in the acute respiratory distress syndrome network cohort of the association between baseline driving pressure and all-cause 90-day mortality from the multivariable Cox regression analysis, after adjusting for trial, sex, body mass index, pneumonia as primary risk factor of acute respiratory distress syndrome, comorbidities, and baseline oxygenation. Data obtained from the study by Papoutsi and coworkers (9).
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