Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) for the treatment of severe life-threatening ARDS in a morbidly obese patient

Critical Care and Shock

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 132-136

  Hirani, Amyn ^a   Cavallazzi, Rodrigo ^a   Shnitser, Anastasia ^a   Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; APRV; ARDS; Aspiration; Aspiration pneumonitis; Mechanical ventilation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIRWAY PRESSURE RELEASE VENTILATION; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EYE SURGERY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 58149515851     PISSN: 14107767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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