Predicting patients' responses to changes in mechanical ventilation: A comparison between physicians and a physiological simulator

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 839-842

  Bedforth, N M ^a   Hardman, J G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Physiological simulation; Respiratory model

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; SIMULATOR;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PHYSICIANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0032824775     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050961     Document Type: Article

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