Enfermería intensiva
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Enfermería intensiva · Jul 2003
Comparative Study[Long term of quality of life and mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients].
Although advanced technology and make many researches, the acute respiratory distress syndrome has been associated to high mortality. We prospectively evaluated the quality of life and mortality changes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, was used quality of life indicators, as well as we determinated if positional strategie will be have an influence to falling-off in mortality. ⋯ Mortality from patients acute respiratory distress syndrome is described between ratio for others authors, as well as it doesn't condittioned for positional estrategie used. The quality of life of survivors have deteriorated moderately, it was attributable to chronic disease.