Usefulness of helium-oxygen mixtures in the treatment of mechanically ventilated patients

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Jolliet, Philippe ^a,b   Tassaux, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Helium; Mechanical ventilation; Noninvasive ventilation

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; GAS MIXING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ANOXIA; HELIUM; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0037308436     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200302000-00009     Document Type: Review

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