Electrical impedance tomography: The holy grail of ventilation and perfusion monitoring?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1917-1929

  Leonhardt, Steffen ^a   Lachmann, Burkhard ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EIT; Electrical impedance tomography; Regional perfusion monitoring; Regional ventilation monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

APNEA; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXHALATION; GRAVITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUCTION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872082407     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2684-z     Document Type: Review

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