Utility of bedside lung ultrasound for assessment of lung recruitment in a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Lung recruitment maneuvers are rescue measures commonly used to improve oxygenation in severely hypoxemic patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), who fail to improve on standard treatment. After recruitment, appropriate level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is applied to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | Lung India |
Online Access: | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2019;volume=36;issue=5;spage=451;epage=456;aulast=Singh |