Flexible bronchoscopy during mechanical ventilation in the prone position to treat acute lung injury
In patients with severe acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) the prone position has been shown to improve survival of patients who are severely hypoxemic with an arterial oxygen tension to inspiratory oxygen fraction ratio (PaO2/FiO2) < 100. In those patients trac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0873215912000967 |