… (20%) of posttraumatic pulmonary insufficiency (6). Maintenance of satisfactory pulmonary
function in our patients, despite associated pulmonary trauma, may be related to the rapid …

… conditions including trauma. To test the hypothesis that impaired pulmonary function is
associated with increased systemic vascular permeability, 44 trauma patients with Injury Severity …

… Moreover, we excluded patients who experienced pulmonary failure for only one day, because
many trauma patients require initial lung function support during the first hours in hospital …

… respiratory care of the elderly patient relies on careful risk assessment and optimization of
pulmonary function … changes that directly affect respiratory function, such as narrowing of the …

… The patients were treated in accordance with the … patients with severe head injuries who
were seen in a period of nine months were included in this study. Eighteen of these patients …

… Severe trauma with concomitant chest injury is frequently associated with acute lung failure
(… experience with extracorporeal lung support (ELS) in thoracic trauma patients treated at the …

… The purpose of this study was to evaluate the respiratory function of spinal cord injuries (SCI)
during different postures. Measurements were performed with a Fukuda PM 80 spirometer …

… ), tracheal deviation, paradoxical movement of the chest wall, distension jugular veins,
decreased or absent breathing sounds, pain and especially pain related to respiratory function, …

… requiring thoracic surgery were operated on average 4.5 days after admission due to our
efforts for conservative treatment for patients with stable respiratory function at presentation in …

… patients sustaining crushing injuries of the chest may be divided into two groups. If the injury
has been such that the loss of pulmonary function … prevent further respiratory embarrassment…