Prone positioning for a morbidly obese patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome: An opportunity to explore intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure-lower inflexion point interdependence

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1237-1239

  Chergui, Karim ^a   Choukroun, Gerald ^b   Meyer, Pascal ^b   Caen, Daniel ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SUD FRANCILIEN   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

APACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 34249714801     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000265419.50900.f4     Document Type: Article

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