Quantifying the severity of respiratory critical illness
Clinicians use several oxygen-based indices in intensive care units as surrogates to determine the condition of the patient’s lung and verify monitoring progress. Examples of these oxygen indices include the ratio of arterial oxygen tension to inspired oxygen fraction (PaO2/FiO2 ratio); arterial/alv...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Published: |
University of Nottingham
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.722494 |