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Do you use spO2 to define ARDS in patients with darker skin pigmentation?

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Pulmonology · Lahey Hospital And Medical Center Burlington

That's an excellent question and highlights some different approaches to define, and thus provide appropriate early treatment for, patients with ARDS.

For many years, clinicians have been using a framework designed in 2012 and referred to as the Berlin Definition to define and classify ARDS (Ranieri ...

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