Pressure-volume curves: Searching for the grail or laying patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome on procrustes' bed?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-3

  Dreyfuss, Didier ^a   Saumon, Georges ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0035148773     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.1.ed1400b     Document Type: Editorial

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