Helium in the treatment of respiratory failure: Why not a standard?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1406-1408

  Calzia, Enrico ^a   Radermacher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; METHACHOLINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DENSITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS MIXING; HELIUM OXYGEN BREATHING; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INHALATION; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SAFETY; SWINE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HELIUM; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141789599     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1836-6     Document Type: Editorial

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