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Acute lung injury patients one-third less likely to die in 'closed' model ICUs

Patients with acute lung injury are nearly one-third less likely to die if they are treated at ICUs that require board-certified critical care physicians to oversee patient care, as compared to patients treated at ICUs that allow any attending physician to oversee admission and case management.

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