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| Ñamendys-Silva,S.A.; Santos-Martínez,L.E.; Pulido,T.; Rivero-Sigarroa,E.; Baltazar-Torres,J.A.; Domínguez-Cherit,G.; Sandoval,J.. |
| Our aims were to describe the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), to characterize their hemodynamic cardiopulmonary profiles, and to correlate these parameters with outcome. All consecutive patients over 16 years of age who were in the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of ARDS and an in situ pulmonary artery catheter for hemodynamic monitoring were studied. Pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed when the mean pulmonary artery pressure was >25 mmHg at rest with a pulmonary artery occlusion pressure or left atrial pressure <15 mmHg. During the study period, 30 of 402 critically ill patients (7.46%) who were admitted to the ICU fulfilled the criteria for ARDS. Of the 30 patients with ARDS,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pulmonary hypertension; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Pulmonary artery catheter; Intensive care unit. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014001000904 |
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