Combination of heliox and CPAP without a ventilator: Bench test and clinical observations [1]

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 889-891

  Dieperink, W ^a   Knol, J A ^b   Boersma, H J ^a   Eindhoven, G B ^a   Aarts, L P H J ^a   Goorhuis, J F ^a   Nijsten, M W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Tjongerschans Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOX; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS FLOW; HELIUM OXYGEN BREATHING; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; INTUBATION; LARYNX CANCER; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VENTILATOR; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOXIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HELIUM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 36649030191     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507000695     Document Type: Letter

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