Mechanical ventilation in children with acute respiratory failure

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Mehta, Nilesh M ^a   Arnold, John H ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Children; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LUNG SURFACTANT; NITRIC OXIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTUBATION; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; STRIDOR; TIDAL VOLUME;

CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PRONE POSITION; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0842269735     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200402000-00002     Document Type: Review

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