Transoesophageal echocardiography during prone positioning for ARDS: Watching the heart to care for the lung

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-381

  Guarracino, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BODY POSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953835215     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-2119-7     Document Type: Editorial

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