Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 249-256 , June 2011

Alveolar fluid clearance is faster in women with acute lung injury compared to men

  • Julie A. Bastarache, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2650, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Thida Ong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Michael A. Matthay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine & Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Lorraine B. Ware, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2650, USA

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☆ Authors' contributions: JAB was responsible for experimental, data analysis and interpretation, and manuscript preparation, TO assisted with data analysis and manuscript preparation, MAM collected the UCSF patient samples, was responsible for the protein measurements, and assisted with data interpretation and manuscript preparation. LBW conceived the study and was responsible for collecting the Vanderbilt samples and making the protein measurements, experimental design, data interpretation, and manuscript preparation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

☆☆ The following were the grants received: NIH/NICHD 5 K12 HD 043483-05 and HL090785-01A1 to JAB, UCSF Pediatric Training Grant 5 T32 HD049303 to TO, NHLBI HL51856 to MAM, and NIH HL081332 and NIH HL088263 to LBW HL103836.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.06.005

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 249-256 , June 2011

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