Pulmonary hypertension in the critical care setting: classification, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common in the critical care setting, and may be a target for specific therapy. Moderate degrees of pulmonary hypertension are most often the consequence of acute or chronic heart failure, hypoxemia, or acute pulmonary embolism, and may be relatively rapidly reversible....
| Published in: | Critical Care Clinics Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 801 - 835 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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W B Saunders
2007 Oct
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