Full reversal of hypercapnic coma by noninvasive positive pressure ventilation [6]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-246

  Adnet, Frédéric ^a   Racine, Stephane X ^a   Lapostolle, Frédéric ^a   Cohen, Yves ^a   Cupa, Michel ^a   Minadeo, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TERBUTALINE;

AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMA; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LETTER; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035029203     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2001.22674     Document Type: Letter

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