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Clinical risk conditions for acute lung injury in the intensive care unit and hospital ward: a prospective observational study

Niall D Ferguson1*, Fernando Frutos-Vivar2, Andrés Esteban2, Federico Gordo3, Teresa Honrubia4, Oscar Peñuelas2, Alejandro Algora3, Gema García4, Alejandra Bustos2 and Inmaculada Rodríguez2

Author Affiliations

1 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, F2-150, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada

2 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, CIBER de Enfermades Respiratorios, Carretera de Toledo Km 12,500, 28905 Madrid, Spain

3 Intensive Care Unit, Fundacíon Hospital de Alcorcón, c/Budapest 1, 28922 Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

4 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Móstoles, c/Río Jucar, 28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

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Critical Care 2007, 11:R96 doi:10.1186/cc6113


See related commentary by Evans and Finney, http://ccforum.com/content/11/5/169

Published: 4 September 2007

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