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Should we administer sildenafil to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome? No

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México. Av. San Fernando No. 22, Col. Sección XVI Delegación Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico

    Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico

    Marisol Hernández-Garay

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

    Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva & Eduardo Rivero-Sigarroa

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Ñamendys-Silva, S.A., Hernández-Garay, M. & Rivero-Sigarroa, E. Should we administer sildenafil to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome? No. Intensive Care Med 36, 1102–1103 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1865-x

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