Association of prehospitalization aspirin therapy and acute lung injury: results of a multicenter international observational study of at-risk patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between prehospitalization aspirin therapy and incident acute lung injury in a heterogeneous cohort of at-risk medical patients.

Design

This is a secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter international cohort investigation.

Setting

Multicenter observational study including 20 US hospitals and two hospitals in Turkey.

Patients

Consecutive, adult, nonsurgical patients admitted to the hospital with at least one major risk factor for acute lung injury.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Baseline characteristics and acute lung injury risk factors/modifiers were identified. The presence of aspirin therapy and the propensity to receive this therapy were determined. The primary outcome was acute l

SUBMITTER: Kor DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3196806 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature