Identifying a hyperinflammatory subphenotype of ARDS associated with worse outcomes: may ferritin help?

• Published in: Thorax Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 200 - 201
• Main Authors: Torres, Lisa K, Siempos, Ilias I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 29.01.2024; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Anesthesia; ARDS; Biomarkers; Cell death; Clinical medicine; COVID-19; Critical Care; Editorial; Ferritins; Humans; Hypoxemia; Latent class analysis; Mortality; Patients; Phenotype; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Sepsis; Survival analysis; Thorax; Critical Care; ARDS; Hypoxemia

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