Mechanical ventilation in the prone position: A strategy for acute respiratory failure after cardiac surgery

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-86

  Firodiya, Manish ^a   Mehta, Yatin ^a   Juneja, Rajiv ^a   Trehan, Naresh ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Respiration; Surgery; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0035237597     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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