Lung volume in mechanically ventilated patients: measurement by simplified helium dilution compared to quantitative CT scan
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 30 (2), 282-289
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-2109-0
Abstract
We describe a simplified helium dilution technique to measure end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) in mechanically ventilated patients. We assessed both its accuracy in comparison with quantitative computerized tomography (CT) and its precision.Keywords
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