USE OF FACEMASK CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA CAUSED BY BURN SEPSIS

Authors
SEN N DHANRAJ P
Citation
N. Sen et P. Dhanraj, USE OF FACEMASK CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA CAUSED BY BURN SEPSIS, Burns, 20(3), 1994, pp. 271-272
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases","Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Burns → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054179
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
271 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4179(1994)20:3<271:UOFCPA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
An adequate increase in oxygenation has been achieved by using facemas k CPAP therapy in three burn patients with refractory hypoxaemia follo wing sepsis, obviating the need for endotracheal (ET) intubation.