Endotracheal Suction a Reopened Problem
During mechanical ventilation, patients are connected to the ventilator by an endotracheal tube. The tube needs to be cleaned from mucus by suction, which can cause negative effects such as lung collapse, hypoxemia and desaturation. These can be avoided by preoxygenation, change of ventilator settin...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk cellbiologi
2005
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4798 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-554-6154-9 |