Sivelestat sodium for aspiration-related acute lung injury: A review and analysis of published case reports

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-741

  Shime, Nobuaki ^a   Hashimoto, Satoru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Aspiration; Case analysis; Sivelestat sodium

Indexed keywords

SIVELESTAT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SULFONAMIDES; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 33745637287     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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