Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in the injured patient

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bakowitz, Magdalena ^a   Bruns, Brandon ^a   McCunn, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury (ALI); Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV); Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); Flail chest; High frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV); Injury; Lung injury; Prone positioning; Rib open reduction internal fixation; Rib plating; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84864813387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-54     Document Type: Review

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