The incidence of various postoperative complications including pulmonary ones is at a high level in cardiac surgery. objective: to evaluate the effectiveness hig h-f requency lung ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass as preventive measure for compared lo w-v olume ventilation. Subjects and Methods. 60 patients undergoing cradiac surgery were included study. In HF Group ( with airway pressu...

BACKGROUND Chest auscultation is commonly performed during respiratory physical therapy (RPT). However, the changes in breath sounds in children with atelectasis have not been previously reported. The aim of this study was to clarify the characteristics of breath sounds in children with atelectasis using acoustic measurements. METHOD The subjects of this study were 13 children with right midd...

Glomus tumors are uncommon benign soft tissue neoplasms. We report the case of a 32-year-old male who presented with right upper lobe atelectasis due to an endobronchial tumor. The patient underwent right upper lobectomy and wedge bronchoplasty. The pathological diagnosis was bronchial glomus tumor. To our knowledge, this presentation (with right upper lobe atelectasis) has never before been re...

Atelectasis is a pulmonary disorder that lengthens the hospitalization time of newborns in intensive care units, resulting in increased morbidity among these infants. High-flow nasal cannulae have been used in newborns to prevent atelectasis and/or expand pulmonary regions affected by atelectasis; however, to date, no evidence-based data regarding this approach have been reported. In this paper...

BACKGROUND Persistent atelectasis in children is lacking a gold standard treatment. Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV) is presented as a promising chest physiotherapy technique in the treatment of atelectasis. This study aimed to follow the evolution of atelectasis resolution with noninvasive IPV in young children and to detect eventual adverse effects. METHODS Six children were hosp...

BACKGROUND Atelectasis is one of the most common postoperative complications encountered in head and neck surgery. Risk factors include preexisting pulmonary disease, the procedure performed, and the length of anesthetic. Regional flaps used to reconstruct defects in the head and neck predispose to radiographic atelectasis. The rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap is usually transferred as a free...

Pul monary atelectasis is the most common post-operative respiratory complication encountered today , and considerable time and resources are being directed toward its evaluation and management. Treatment modalities which are commonly employed for the prevention or treatment of atelectasis include voluntary deep breathing, incentive spirometry, intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB), c...