Phlebotomy for rapid weaning and extubation in COPD patient with secondary polycythemia and respiratory failure

Lung India

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-26

  Tripathy, Swagata ^b   Panda, Sudhansu ^a   Rath, Biswajit ^a  

^a KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hyperviscosity complications; Phlebotomy; Secondary polycythemia; Ventilator dependence; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; EXTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 77953457732     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.59264     Document Type: Article

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