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SUBMITTER: Mason SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mason Stefanie E SE Dieffenbach Paul B PB Englert Joshua A JA Rogers Angela A AA Massaro Anthony F AF Fredenburgh Laura E LE Higuera Angelica A Pinilla-Vera Mayra M Vilas Marta M San Jose Estepar Raul R Washko George R GR Baron Rebecca M RM Ash Samuel Y SY
Respiratory research 20191012 1
<h4>Background</h4>Respiratory pathology is a major driver of mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU), even in the absence of a primary respiratory diagnosis. Prior work has demonstrated that a visual scoring system applied to chest radiographs (CXR) is associated with adverse outcomes in ICU patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). We hypothesized that a simple, semi-quantitative CXR score would be associated with clinical outcomes for the general ICU population, regardless ...[more]