Manoeuvres to elevate mean airway pressure, effects on blood gases and lung function in children with and without pulmonary pathology

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-312

  Naik, S ^a   Greenough, A ^a   Giffin, F J ^a   Baker, A ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung function; Mean airway pressure; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; NEWBORN; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ATELECTASIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031966241     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050817     Document Type: Article

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