A comprehensive review of prone position in ARDS

Respiratory Care

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1660-1687

  Kallet, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; ARDS; Prone position; Recruitment maneuvers; Transpulmonary pressure; Ventilation perfusion ratios; Ventilator induced lung injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG PERFUSION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OXYGENATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPLICATION; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METABOLISM; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; OXYGEN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PRONE POSITION; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 84944810942     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.04271     Document Type: Review

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