Editorial II: Pressure support ventilation and the critically ill patient with muscle weakness

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-375

  Watt, J W H ^a  

^a SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUTH OCCLUSION PRESSURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRESSURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0036728140     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aef195     Document Type: Editorial

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