Breathing Intolerance Index: a new indicator for ventilator use.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose was to study the efficacy of a proposed breathing intolerance index for justifying ventilator use by patients with pulmonary or chest wall diseases and to compare with values obtained from healthy controls. DESIGN: A total of 42 patients with lung/chest wall disease, includin...

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Published in:American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 24 - 31
Main Authors: Koga T, Watanabe K, Sano M, Ishikawa Y, Bach JR
Format: equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jan2006
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