Increased 90-Day Mortality in Spontaneously Breathing Patients With Paraquat Poisoning: In Addition to Disease Severity, Lung Strain May Play a Role

• Published in: Critical care medicine Vol. 47; no. 2; p. 219
• Main Authors: Liu, Yang, Luo, Xiao-Jie, Li, Guo-Qiang, Wei, Lu-Qing, Yu, Xin, Li, Yu-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2019

1) To evaluate the prognostic roles of quantitative CT and pulmonary function tests and 2) to assess the association of dynamic strain and ventilation heterogeneity during unassisted spontaneous breathing with 90-day survival in patients with paraquat poisoning. Prospective study. A university hospi...