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  1. We evaluated the effect on the respiratory gas exchange of the30° head-down position and the complete covering of the face by steriledrapes. These are used to cannulate the internal jugular vein and position t...

    Authors: Massimo Bertolissi, Flavio Bassi, Adriana Di Silvestre and Francesco Giordano
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:85
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  3. For logistical reasons sedation studies are often carried out in elective surgical patients and the results extrapolated to the general intensive care unit (ICU) population. We question the validity of this ap...

    Authors: Simon R Finfer, Anne M O'Connor and Malcolm M Fisher
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:79
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  34. A helium-oxygen gas mixture (heliox) has low gas density and lowturbulence and resistance through narrowed airways. The effects of heliox onpulmonary mechanics following severe methacholine-induced bronchospas...

    Authors: Anthony J Orsini, John L Stefano, Kathleen H Leef, Melinda Jasani, Andrew Ginn, Lisa Tice and Vinay M Nadkarni
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:65
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  35. In this review, we compare the spectrum of currently availablemethods for quantifying pulmonary edema in patients.

    Authors: Neale R Lange and Daniel P Schuster
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:R19
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Pulse oximetry is one of the most commonly employed monitoringmodalities in the critical care setting. This review describes the latesttechnological advances in the field of pulse oximetry. Accuracy of pulseox...

    Authors: Amal Jubran
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:R11
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  37. Percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) has gained an increasing acceptanceas an alternative to the conventional surgical tracheostomy (ST). Inexperienced hands, and with proper patient selection, it is safe, easy andq...

    Authors: Sirak Petros
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:R5
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  50. To determine the degree of interinstitutional transfusion practice variation and reasons why red cells are administered in critically ill patients.

    Authors: Paul C Hébert, George Wells, Claudio Martin, Martin Tweeddale, John Marshall, Morris Blajchman, Giuseppe Pagliarello, Dean Sandham, Irwin Schweitzer, Denis Boisvert and Lisa Calder
    Citation: Critical Care 1999 3:57
    Content type: Research Published on:
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ISSN: 1364-8535