A 64-year old man who sustained many episodes of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema successfully treated with Boussignac continuous positive airway pressure: A case report

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-270

  Dieperink, Willem ^a   van der Horst, Iwan C C ^a   Nannenberg Koops, Jaqueline W ^a   Brouwer, Henk W ^a   Jaarsma, T ^a   Nieuwland, Wybe ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a   Nijsten, Maarten W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BCPAP system; Mechanical ventilation; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; VENTILATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 34249297909     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.151     Document Type: Article

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