Follow-up after acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by influenza a (H1N1) virus infection

BACKGROUND: There are no reports on the long-term follow-up of patients with swine-origin influenza A virus infection that progressed to acute respiratory distress syndrome. METHODS: Four patients were prospectively followed up with pulmonary function tests and high-resolution computed tomography fo...

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Main Authors: Carlos Toufen Jr., Eduardo Leite V. Costa, Adriana Sayuri Hirota, Ho Yeh Li, Marcelo Brito Passos Amato, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000600002