Is very early extubation after lung transplantation feasible?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Della Rocca, Giorgio ^a,d   Coccia, Cecilia ^a   Costa, Gabriella M ^a   Pompei, Livia ^a   Di Marco, Pierangelo ^b   Pierconti, Federico ^b   Cappa, Mila ^b   Venuta, Frederico ^c   Pietropaoli, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early extubation; Lung transplantation; Noninvasive ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; EPHEDRINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITRIC OXIDE; PROPOFOL; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTUBATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 0037295089     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2003.6     Document Type: Article

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