Extravascular Lung Water Correlates Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome and Mortality in Sepsis

Fu-Tsai Chung; Horng-Chyuan Lin; Chih-Hsi Kuo; Chih-Teng Yu; Chun-Liang Chou; Kang-Yun Lee; Han-Pin Kuo; Shu-Min Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015265

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Extravascular Lung Water Correlates Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome and Mortality in Sepsis

Fu-Tsai Chung,

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Horng-Chyuan Lin,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chih-Hsi Kuo,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chih-Teng Yu,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chun-Liang Chou,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Kang-Yun Lee,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Han-Pin Kuo,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Shu-Min Lin

* E-mail: smlin100@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Extravascular Lung Water Correlates Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome and Mortality in Sepsis

Fu-Tsai Chung,
Horng-Chyuan Lin,
Chih-Hsi Kuo,
Chih-Teng Yu,
Chun-Liang Chou,
Kang-Yun Lee,
Han-Pin Kuo,
Shu-Min Lin

Published: December 16, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015265

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