HIGH-FREQUENCY JET VENTILATION FOR SEVERE HEMOPTYSIS DURING EXTRACORPOREAL-CIRCULATION

Authors
DEJONGH R VUNDELINCKX G SCHROE H HEYLEN R
Citation
R. Dejongh et al., HIGH-FREQUENCY JET VENTILATION FOR SEVERE HEMOPTYSIS DURING EXTRACORPOREAL-CIRCULATION, Anaesthesia, 50(2), 1995, pp. 146-148
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
146 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1995)50:2<146:HJVFSH>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Two patients are described in whom fulminant haemoptysis occurred duri ng extracorporeal circulation. The use of high frequency jet ventilati on resulted in a dramatic decrease of blood loss from the tracheal tub e, avoiding the need for more aggressive management.