Pulmonary edema in infants and children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-384

  O'Brodovich, Hugh ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Epithelial active Na+ transport; High altitude pulmonary edema; Pulmonary edema; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALTITUDE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS LUNG; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FLUID; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTENT;

ANOXEMIA; CHILD; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 20344401096     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000159780.42572.6c     Document Type: Review

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