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Abstract

Classifying Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Severity: Correcting the Arterial Oxygen Partial Pressure to Fractional Inspired Oxygen at Altitude

VOLUME 68 - NUMBER 4 / July - August (Research Letter)

José R. Pérez-Padilla, Department of Research on Smoking and COPD, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, SSA, Mexico City, Mexico
Carmen Hernández-Cárdenas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), Mexico City, Mexico
Gustavo Lugo-Goytia, Sleep Disorders Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico

In the well-known Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), there is a recommended adjustment for arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen (PaO2/FIO2) at altitude, but without a reference as to how it was derived.

Keywords: HRQoL. Quality of life. KDQOL-SF36. Hemodialysis

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