Hydropneumothorax- an unusual complication of lung lavage
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Hydropneumothorax--an unusual complication of lung lavage.
Hydropneumothorax is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication for a patient undergoing positive pressure ventilation. The case of a 23-year-old woman with severe asthma requiring lung lavage is described. Twenty minutes after an uneventful left lung lavage, the patient experienced increased peak airway pressure, decreased oxygen saturation and hypercarbia, despite ventilation with 90 per ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0008-2856,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03014274