Carbon dioxide in the critically Ill: Too much or too little of a good thing?

Respiratory Care

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1597-1605

  Marhong, Jonathan ^a,b   Fan, Eddy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Artificial; Hypercapnia; Hypocapnia; Intensive care units; Respiration; Respiratory acidosis; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ACIDOSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACIDOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84941742829     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.03405     Document Type: Article

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