Tracheal aspirate pH is alkaline in pre-term human infants

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 840-842

  Paget Brown, A O ^a   Hunt, J F ^a   Gaston, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Lung injury; Mechanical ventilation; pH; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; PH; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; SPUTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRACHEA;

EID: 38849168924     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00015507     Document Type: Article

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