Soluble Endothelial Selectin in Acute Lung Injury Complicated by Severe Pneumonia

Soluble Endothelial Selectin in Acute Lung Injury Complicated by Severe Pneumonia

<p><b>Background: </b>Pneumonia is still one of the most frequent causes of death in the elderly. Complication of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by pneumonia makes patients very ill due to severe respiratory failure. Biomarkers that can discrimin...

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Main Author: Daisuke Osaka, Yoko Shibata, Kazunori Kanouchi, Michiko Nishiwaki, Tomomi Kimura, Hiroyuki Kishi, Shuichi Abe, Sumito Inoue, Yoshikane Tokairin, Akira Igarashi, Keiko Yamauchi, Yasuko Aida, Takako Nemoto, Keiko Nunomiya, Koji Fukuzaki, Isao Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.medsci.org/v08p0302.htm

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