Lung protective ventilation: Currently underused - To the detriment of patients

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7854, 2012, Pages

  Camporota, Luigi ^a   Hart, Nicholas ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PROTECTIVE VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIDAL VOLUME;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84860321709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2491     Document Type: Editorial

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