The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 118, Issue 6 , Pages 584-591 , June 2005

Recent advances in mechanical ventilation

  • Carolyn S. Calfee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Carolyn S. Calfee, MD, University of California, San Francisco, Pulmonary Division, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143-0111.
    • ,
  • Michael A. Matthay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Received 29 March 2004 ,Accepted 28 October 2004.

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 Supported in part by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI RO1-HL51856).

PII: S0002-9343(04)00755-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.005

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 118, Issue 6 , Pages 584-591 , June 2005

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