Determinants of regional ventilation and blood flow in the lung

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1833-1842

  Glenny, Robb W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Prone; Pulmonary blood flow; Supine; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 73949133713     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1649-3     Document Type: Review

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