Measuring dead space: Does it really matter? Or, what are we waiting for?

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-352

  Kallet, Richard H ^a   Siobal, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INJURY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 77949401125     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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