Tidal volumes used in acute lung injury: Why the persistent gap between intended and actual clinical behavior?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 543-544

  Young, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Decision support tools; Mechanical ventilation; Physician practice patterns; Tidal volumes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATED PATIENT;

EID: 31344451272     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000199076.81382.DE     Document Type: Editorial

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