Lung ultrasound in acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-74

  Arbelot, Charlotte ^a   Ferrari, Fabio ^a,b   Bouhemad, Belaïd ^a   Rouby, Jean Jacques ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ABSCESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUNG; PLEURAL DISEASES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149024811     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f43d05     Document Type: Review

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