Semirecumbent position protects from pulmonary aspiration but not completely from gastroesophageal reflux in mechanically ventilated patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4 I, 1995, Pages 1387-1390

  Orozco Levi, Mauricio ^a   Torres, Antoni ^a,b   Ferrer, Miquel ^a   Piera, Carlos ^a   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^a   Puig De La Bellacasa, Jorge ^a   Rodriguez Roisin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RECUMBENCY; STOMACH CONTENT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0029091511     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.4.7551400     Document Type: Article

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