Con: Low Tidal Volume Should Not Routinely Be Used for Emergency Department Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-217

  Wright, Brian J ^a   Slesinger, Todd L ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867323264     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.08.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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