Respiratory failure: An overview

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-379

  Markou, Nicolaos K ^a   Myrianthefs, Pavlos M ^a,b   Baltopoulos, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hypercapnia; Hypoxemia; Mechanical; Respiratory failure; Ventilation; Ventilatory failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTERIAL GAS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW;

EID: 6344275809     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200410000-00006     Document Type: Review

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