Not much turbulence: addition of heliox to noninvasive ventilation fails to improve outcomes in patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Crit Care Med. 2010 Jan;38(1):319-20. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bc7cce.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Comparative Study
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care / methods
  • Female
  • Helium / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Oxygen / therapeutic use*
  • Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / methods*
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Gas Exchange
  • Recurrence
  • Respiration, Artificial / methods
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tidal Volume
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Helium
  • heliox
  • Oxygen