Premium
Application of Airway Pressure Therapy in Veterinary Critical Care: Part II: Airway Pressure Therapy
Author(s) -
Pelt Deborah R.,
Wingfield Wayne E.,
Hackett Timothy B.,
Martin Linda G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-4431.1993.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , hypoxemia , respiratory failure , positive airway pressure , airway , respiratory medicine , respiratory system , oxygen therapy , respiratory care , acute respiratory failure , anesthesia , mechanical ventilation , surgery , obstructive sleep apnea
Summary As the specialties of emergency medicine and critical care have grown and evolved in both human and veterinary medicine, so has the need for more advanced care of patients with primary lung disease. Treatment of acute respiratory failure has been the focus of several articles in the human medical literature of the past few years. 1,8 This paper deals with airway pressure therapy and its application in cases of acute respiratory failure in veterinary medicine. The reader is referred to part I of this paper for a reveiw of respiratory mechanics and hypoxemia as they apply to respiratory therapy.