Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions

INTRODUCTION: Use of the prone position in patients with acute lung injury improves their oxygenation. Most of these patients die from multisystem organ failure and not from hypoxia, however. Moreover, there is some evidence that the organ failure is caused by increased cell apoptosis. In the presen...

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Autores principales: Nakos, George, Batistatou, Anna, Galiatsou, Eftychia, Konstanti, Eleonora, Koulouras, Vassilios, Kanavaros, Panayotis, Doulis, Apostolos, Kitsakos, Athanassios, Karachaliou, Angeliki, Lekka, Marilena E, Bai, Maria
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4840

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4840

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