Critical care in the emergency department: Acute respiratory failure

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-97

  Nee, Patrick A ^a   Al Jubouri, Mohammad A ^a   Gray, Alasdair J ^b   O'Donnell, Charlie ^c   Strong, Dan ^d  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ETOMIDATE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYANOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG EDEMA; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 78751575810     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.030643     Document Type: Article

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