Efficacy of a T-piece system and a continuous positive airway pressure system for apnea testing in the diagnosis of brain death

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2213-2216

  Lévesque, Simon ^a   Lessard, Martin R ^a   Nicole, Pierre C ^a   Langevin, Stéphan ^a   LeBlanc, François ^a   Lauzier, François ^a   Brochu, Jacques G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T PIECE SYSTEM; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; BRAIN DEATH; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748109359     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000215114.46127.DA     Document Type: Article

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