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Published in: Critical Care 1/2005

01-02-2005 | Commentary

Recently published papers: A clinical conundrum, new from old and advances in ventilation?

Authors: James Sadler, Gareth Williams

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2005

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Abstract

'Every day' clinical conundrums are all too infrequently addressed in the mainstream literature, but in the past few months two reports attempted to tackle the thorny problem of the occult cervical spine injury on the intensive care unit. Are we approaching the death knell for prone ventilation, and how much more can we squeeze out of the PROWESS study? Also, we must of course mention noninvasive ventilation.
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Metadata
Title
Recently published papers: A clinical conundrum, new from old and advances in ventilation?
Authors
James Sadler
Gareth Williams
Publication date
01-02-2005
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc3049

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