High-dose steroid therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome lacking common risk factors: predictors of outcome.

Yoshiaki KinoshitaHiroshi IshiiHisako KushimaKentaro WatanabeMasaki Fujita

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2017)

Our results show that the percentage of consolidation/(GGA + consolidation) on the chest CT scans is an independent prognostic factor for patients with ARDS lacking common risk factors after MPPT.

Keyphrases

acute respiratory distress syndrome
risk factors
prognostic factors
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
high dose
mechanical ventilation
computed tomography
dual energy
low dose
image quality
stem cell transplantation
intensive care unit
magnetic resonance imaging
positron emission tomography
pet ct