Variation in the rapid shallow breathing index associated with common measurement techniques and conditions

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1462-1466

  Patel, Kapil N ^a   Ganatra, Kalpesh D ^b   Bates, Jason H T ^a   Young, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Minute ventilation; Rapid shallow breathing index; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RAPID SHALLOW BREATHING INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 70849127070     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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