Intrahospital transport of a patient with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under noninvasive ventilation [1]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 886-

  Kluge, Stefan ^a   Baumann, Hans Jörg ^a   Kreymann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AIRWAY PRESSURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LUNG VENTILATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PH MEASUREMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; VENTILATOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 21244437451     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2626-0     Document Type: Letter

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