Weaning parameters: Read the methodology before proceeding

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1873-1874

  Krieger, Bruce P ^a,b   Campos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETER; STANDARD; TIDAL VOLUME; WEANING;

EID: 0036929491     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.1873     Document Type: Editorial

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