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A Model to Simulate Clinically Relevant Hypoxia in Humans
Published on: December 22, 2016
Screening for the causes of refractory hypoxemia in critically ill patients: A case report
Wanglin Liu1, Xin Ding1, Huaiwu He1
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Hypoxemia was a very common symptom in critical patients and should be treated immediately before resulting in permanent organ failure. Rapid diagnosis of the etiology of hypoxemia could be achieved by combining the use of various bedside and radiation-free techniques such as lung ultrasound, electrical impedance tomography and echocardiography. By presenting a case of serious acute refractory hypoxemia, we proposed an efficient protocol for diagnosing and treating hypoxemia in a safe and fast way.
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