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Case Reports
. 2012 Jun;26(3):471-5.
doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.03.179. Epub 2011 Jul 2.

Prone ventilation in the management of infants with acute respiratory distress syndrome after complex cardiac surgery

Rakhi Balachandran  1 , Suresh G Nair, Praveen C Sivadasan, Gopalraj S Sunil, Balu Vaidyanathan, Jithin K Sreedharan, Chris Sara Mathew
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Prone ventilation in the management of infants with acute respiratory distress syndrome after complex cardiac surgery

Rakhi Balachandran et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012 Jun.
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Fig 1
Bilateral lung infiltrates of ARDS on a chest x-ray in case 1.
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The trend in changes of PaO2/FIO2 before and during prone ventilation. Supine indicates PaO2/FIO2 ratio 6 hours after the termination of prone ventilation. (Color version of figure is available online.)
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Fig 3
The trend in changes of PaCO2 before and during prone ventilation. Supine indicates PaCO2 values 6 hours after the termination of prone ventilation. (Color version of figure is available online.)
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Fig 4
Clearance of lung infiltrates after extubation in case 1.
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