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Open Access
01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Incidence of and risk factors for nonrespiratory acute organ failure in ICU patients receiving respiratory support: a pilot international cohort study
Authors:
M Terblanche, A Smith, E Recchia, M Harward, L Gilfeather, D McAuley
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Strategies to prevent the progression to nonrespiratory multiorgan failure (nrAOF) in patients receiving invasive or non-invasive ventilation are needed. We performed a pilot international prospective cohort study to determine the incidence of and risk for nrAOF in ICU patients receiving respiratory support. …