ORBITAL HERNIATION ASSOCIATED WITH NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION

Authors
LAZOWICK D MEYER TJ PRESSMAN M PETERSON D
Citation
D. Lazowick et al., ORBITAL HERNIATION ASSOCIATED WITH NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION, Chest, 113(3), 1998, pp. 841-843
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
113
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
841 - 843
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1998)113:3<841:OHAWNP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A diagnosis of severe obstructive sleep apnea was made after a 52-year -old hypertensive man developed a large intracranial hemorrhage. Thera peutic noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for obstructiv e sleep apnea and hypoventilation was complicated by transient unilate ral orbital herniation. As best as can be determined, this represents a new, potentially deleterious side effect of NPPV.