2008, Number 4
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Neumol Cir Torax 2008; 67 (4)
Prone position in mechanical ventilation: At 35 years of the original idea
Sandoval GJL
Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 183-184
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The prone position ventilation permitted improve the survival in patients submitted to mechanical ventilation, even has not had an acceptance generalized, the experience of the years permitted a better answer by the Critical Care physicians.
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