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Research Article26th New Horizons Symposium: ARDS Update

What Is the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

Jesús Villar
Respiratory Care October 2011, 56 (10) 1539-1545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.01395
Jesús Villar
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, and with the Research Unit, Multidisciplinary Organ Dysfunction Evaluation Research Network, Hospital Universitario Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and with the Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael′s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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