New concepts of atelectasis during general anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-72

  Magnusson, L ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Complications, Atelectasis; Lung, atelectasis; Measurement techniques, tomography

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GAS EXCHANGE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG COLLAPSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGENATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0037766696     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg085     Document Type: Article

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