Dramatic improvement in oxygenation after sternotomy in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Anaesth Intensive Care. 2012 Mar;40(2):352-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adolescent
  • Carbon Dioxide / blood
  • Female
  • Hemopneumothorax / complications
  • Humans
  • Lung Injury / complications
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
  • Oxyhemoglobins / metabolism
  • Pulmonary Gas Exchange
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
  • Rib Fractures / surgery
  • Sternotomy*

Substances

  • Oxyhemoglobins
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen