Regional ventilation-perfusion distribution is more uniform in the prone position

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1076-1083

  Mure, Margareta ^a   Domino, Karen B ^b,c   Lindahl, Sten G E ^a   Hlastala, Michael P ^b   Altemeier, William A ^b   Glenny, Robb W ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Fluorescent microspheres; Pulmonary blood flow ventilation heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0034055175     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.3.1076     Document Type: Article

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