Lung imaging for titration of mechanical ventilation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-140

  Luecke, Thomas ^a   Corradi, Francesco ^b   Pelosi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Computed tomography; Electrical impedance tomography; Imaging; Lung ultrasound; Mechanical ventilation; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG RECRUITABILITY; LUNG VENTILATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TITRIMETRY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859748859     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32835003fb     Document Type: Review

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