Lung tissue expression of epithelial injury markers is associated with acute lung injury severity but does not discriminate sepsis from ARDS

Abstract Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in critically ill patients, and diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is considered its histological hallmark. Sepsis is one of the most common aetiology of ARDS with the highest case-fatality rate. Ident...

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Main Authors: Natália de Souza Xavier Costa, Giovana da Costa Sigrist, Alexandre Santos Schalch, Luciano Belotti, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-024-02761-x