Alveolar recruitment maneuver in refractory hypoxemia and lobar atelectasis after cardiac surgery: A case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>This case report describes an unusual presentation of right upper lobe atelectasis associated with refractory hypoxemia to conventional alveolar recruitment maneuvers in a patient soon after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.<...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/58 |