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SUBMITTER: Chung FT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5627850 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chung Fu-Tsai FT Lee Chung-Shu CS Lin Shu-Min SM Kuo Chih-Hsi CH Wang Tsai-Yu TY Fang Yueh-Fu YF Hsieh Meng-Heng MH Chen Hao-Cheng HC Lin Horng-Chyuan HC
Medicine 20170701 30
<h4>Background</h4>The alveolar recruitment maneuver (RM) has been reported to improve oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and may be related to reduced extravascular lung water (EVLW) in animals. This study was designed to investigate the effects of RM on EVLW in patients with ARDS.<h4>Methods</h4>An open label, prospective, randomized controlled trial including patients with ARDS was conducted in hospitals in North Taiwan between 2010 and 2016. The patients were divided i ...[more]