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Volume 348:2149-2150 May 22, 2003 Number 21
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Survivors of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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To the Editor: Given the extreme muscle wasting and severe weight loss experienced by patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during their illness, the description by Herridge et al. (Feb. 20 issue)1 of survivors' persistent functional disability one year after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) is hardly surprising. The average weight loss at the time of discharge was 18 percent of the initial body weight and occurred over a median period of 25 days. Surely the authors are describing a pattern of severe malnutrition, and there is good evidence, at least from studies in patients undergoing . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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