Feasibility study of the use of bilevel positive airway pressure for respiratory support in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Pollack Jr , C V ^a   Torres, M T ^a   Alexander, L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030019730     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70321-9     Document Type: Article

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