Gravitational therapy for patients with acute lung injury

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 41, Issue 111, 1997, Pages 129-131

  Fridrich, P ^a   Petricek, W ^a   Germann, P ^a   Steltzer, H ^a   Krafft, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; AUSTRIA; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUPINE POSITION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD; CHILD; GRAVITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SUCTION; SUPINE POSITION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031301149     PISSN: 05152720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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