Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 37-38 , March 2010

Noninvasive ventilation in patients with malignancies and hypoxemic acute respiratory failure: A still pending question

  • Márcio Soares, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, 20230-130 Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Instituto Nacional de Câncer – INCA; Centro de Tratamento Intensivo – 10° Andar; Pça. Cruz Vermelha, 23; Rio de Janeiro – RJ CEP: 20230-130, Brazil. Tel.: +55 21 2506 6120; fax: +55 21 2294 8620.
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  • Jorge I.F. Salluh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, 20230-130 Brazil
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  • Élie Azoulay, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Reanimation Medicale, Hopital Saint-Louis et Universite Paris 7, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75010 France

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☆ Dr Soares receives a research grant from Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa, Brazil (CNPq). Grant: 302685/2007-3.

☆☆ Conflicts of interest: None.

PII: S0883-9441(09)00082-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.04.001

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 37-38 , March 2010

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