Comparison of lung area by chest radiograph, with estimation of lung volume by helium dilution during prone and supine positioning in mechanically ventilated preterm infants: A pilot study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-222

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Leonidas, John C ^a   Ashtari, Manzar ^a   Napolitano, Barbara ^a   Steele, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGENATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; PRONE POSITION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 24344444447     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20221     Document Type: Article

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