Ventilatory failure in shrinking lung syndrome is associated with reduced chest compliance

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-68

  Ernest, D ^a   Leung, A ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Shrinking lung syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SEPSIS; SHRINKING LUNG SYNDROME; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SYNDROME;

EID: 76749106147     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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