Dramatic effect on oxygenation in patients with severe acute lung insufficiency treated in the prone position

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1539-1544

  Mure, Margareta ^a   Martling, Claes Roland ^a   Lindahl, Sten G E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute lung insufficiency; Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Aspiration pneumonia; Critical illness; Gas exchange; Hypoxemia; Oxygenation; Prone position; Severe hypoxia; Supine position

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRONE POSITION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SUPINE POSITION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030866383     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199709000-00022     Document Type: Article

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