Acute respiratory failure in the adult. 1

N Engl J Med. 1972 Oct 5;287(14):690-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197210052871404.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Carbon Dioxide / blood
  • Humans
  • Lung / physiopathology
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Partial Pressure
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Edema / pathology
  • Pulmonary Edema / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Edema / prevention & control
  • Pulmonary Edema / therapy
  • Pulmonary Surfactants / physiology
  • Respiration
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / blood
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / therapy
  • Spirometry
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
  • Vital Capacity

Substances

  • Pulmonary Surfactants
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen