Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 147-152 , March 2010

Oxygenation equilibration time after alteration of inspired oxygen in critically ill patients

  • George Fildissis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece
    • ICU, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: George Fildissis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Athens University, Faculty of Nursing, ICU, KAT General Hospital, Nikis 2, 14561, Kifissia, Athens, Greece.
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  • Theofanis Katostaras, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece
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  • Athanassios Moles, MD

      Affiliations

    • ICU, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Andreas Katsaros, MD

      Affiliations

    • ICU, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Paylos Myrianthefs, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece
    • ICU, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Hero Brokalaki, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece
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  • K. Tsoumakas, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece
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  • George Baltopoulos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece
    • ICU, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece

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PII: S0147-9563(09)00153-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.009

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 147-152 , March 2010

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