MANAGEMENT OF BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA WITH A VARIABLE-RESISTANCE VALVEAND A SINGLE VENTILATOR

Authors
CARVALHO P THOMPSON WH RIGGS R CARVALHO C CHARAN NB
Citation
P. Carvalho et al., MANAGEMENT OF BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA WITH A VARIABLE-RESISTANCE VALVEAND A SINGLE VENTILATOR, Chest, 111(5), 1997, pp. 1452-1454
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
111
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1452 - 1454
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1997)111:5<1452:MOBFWA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Independent lung ventilation with two ventilators is sometimes used in the management of bronchopleural fistula (BPF). We describe a patient in whom gas flow through a large BPF was initially reduced, and subse quently eliminated, during differential lung ventilation using a singl e ventilator and a variable-resistance valve attached to one lumen of a bifurcated endotracheal tube.