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....

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Publicado en:Critical Care Clinics Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 801 - 835
Autores principales: Rubenfire M, Bayram M, Hector-Word Z
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: W B Saunders 2007 Oct
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