"Wake up and breathe" for patients with respiratory failure

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9622, 2008, Pages 1414-

  Siegel, Mark D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGITATION; AROUSAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BREATHING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 42649101695     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60618-2     Document Type: Letter

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