Intestinal effects of lung recruitment maneuvers

Background and aims: Lung recruitment maneuvers (brief episodes of high airway pressure) are a modern treatment alternative to achieve open lung conditions under mechanical ventilation of patients with acute lung injury. It is well known that positive pressure ventilation with high airway pressures...

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Main Author: Claesson, Jonas
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Kirurgisk och perioperativ vetenskap 2007
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-981
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