Cardiorespiratory effects of manually compressing the rib cage during tidal expiration in mechanically ventilated patients recovering from acute severe asthma

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1361-1367

  Van Der Touw, Thomas ^a   Mudaliar, Yugan ^a   Nayyar, Vineet ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency treatment; Intermittent positive pressure ventilation; Lung volume measurements; Respiratory air flow; Respiratory mechanics; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031928197     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199808000-00021     Document Type: Article

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