Permissive hypercapnia: Role in protective lung ventilatory strategies

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-62

  Chonghaile, Martina Ni ^a,b   Higgins, Brendan ^a   Laffey, John G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Hypercapnia; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 13544264404     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200502000-00009     Document Type: Review

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