High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Allows Extubation of an Obese Patient
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
.
2018 Aug 15;198(4):524-525.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201712-2411IM.
Authors
Maddalena Teggia Droghi
1
,
Roberta R De Santis Santiago
1
,
Riccardo Pinciroli
2
,
Francesco Marrazzo
1
,
Edward A Bittner
1
,
Marcelo B P Amato
3
,
Robert M Kacmarek
4
,
Lorenzo Berra
1
Affiliations
1
1 Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and.
2
2 School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy; and.
3
3 Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
4
4 Respiratory Care Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
PMID:
29702003
DOI:
10.1164/rccm.201712-2411IM
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Airway Extubation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods*