Changes in oxygenation and compliance as related to body position in acute lung injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1038-1041

  Bittner, E ^a,b   Chendrasekhar, A ^a   Pillai, S ^a   Timberlake, G A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; OXYGENATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0029834862     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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