Ventilatory ratio: A simple bedside measure of ventilation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 692-697

  Sinha, P ^a   Fauvel, N J ^a   Singh, S ^a   Soni, N ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide, elimination; Ratio, ventilatory; Ventilation, deadspace

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEANING; AGED; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 66149147133     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep054     Document Type: Article

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