Effect of Changing Position on Arterial Oxygenation in a Patient with Agenesia of the Left Pulmonary Artery

Respiration

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 371-374

  Ferrari, Marcello ^a   Marcello, Reza ^a   Lampronti, Guido ^a   Biasin, Cristina ^a   Zuccali, Vinicio ^a   Olivieri, Mario ^a   Meduri, Gianfranco U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Arterial oxygenation; Body position; Pulmonary artery agenesia

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGENESIS; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 0030798842     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196707     Document Type: Article

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