Bench-to-bedside review: Permissive hypercapnia

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-59

  O'Croinin, Donall ^a   Ni Chonghaile, Martina ^b   Higgins, Brendan ^c   Laffey, John G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Buffering; Hypercapnia; Mechanical ventilation; Sepsis; Ventilation induced lung injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; FREE RADICAL; I KAPPA B ALPHA; I KAPPA B BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TROMETAMOL;

ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PENETRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERING BREUER REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TIDAL VOLUME;

ACIDOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 13844266876     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2918     Document Type: Review

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