Pressure-volume curve in the critically ill

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Maggiore, Salvatore M ^a,b   Brochard, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033925199     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200002000-00001     Document Type: Review

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