Treatment of Severe Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Delivered by Face Mask

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 26, 1991, Pages 1825-1830

  Bersten, Andrew D ^a   Holt, Andrew W ^a   Vedig, Alnis E ^a   Skowronski, George A ^a   Baggoley, Christopher J ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MORPHINE;

AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASKS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY EDEMA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0026410091     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199112263252601     Document Type: Article

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