Evidence-Based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure
Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. The patient’s outcome is determined by a variety of factors including how we use therapeutic maneuvers such as mechanical ventilation for pr
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EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE Volume Editors: Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD Chief, Intensive Care Service Getafe University Hospital Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Antonio Anzueto, MD Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas, USA
Deborah J. Cook, MD Academic Chair, Critical Care Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology St. Joseph’s Hospital McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Series Editor: Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD Head, Department of Intensive Care Erasme University Hospital Brussels, Belgium With 9 Figures and 18 Tables
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Andrés Esteban, M.D, Ph.D. Chief, Intensive Care Service Getafe University Hospital Carretera de Toledo Km 12,500 28905 Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Antonio Anzueto, M.D. Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio TX 78229-3900, USA
Deborah J. Cook, M.D. Academic Chair, Critical Care Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology St. Joseph’s Hospital McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario L8N 325, Canada Series Editor Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent Head, Department of Intensive Care Erasme University Hospital Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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