Hypercapnia: What is the upper limit? [1]

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-81

  Akça, Ozan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERCAPNIA;

EID: 13244265770     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01468.x     Document Type: Letter

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