One-lung high-frequency ventilation in the management of traumatic tear of bronchus in a child
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 15 (12) , 1160-1161
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198712000-00019
Abstract
An 8-yr-old child suffered traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces and a ruptured right main bronchus. Surgical repair of the bronchus was postponed for 18 h after a definite diagnosis was established due to severe hypoxemia and hypercarbia. Only left endobronchial high-frequency ventilation with muscle relaxation corrected this pulmonary dysfunction sufficiently to enable surgical intervention.Keywords
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