Beneficial effect of a prone position for patients with hypoxemia after transthoracic esophagectomy

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1799-1802

  Watanabe, Ippei ^a   Fujihara, Hideyoshi ^a   Sato, Kazunori ^a   Honda, Tadayuki ^a   Ohashi, Satomi ^a   Endoh, Hiroshi ^a   Yamakura, Tomohiro ^a   Taga, Kiichiro ^a   Shimoji, Koki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Prone position ventilation; Three field lymphadenectomy surgery; Transthoracic esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0036342742     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200208000-00021     Document Type: Article

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