One-lung high-frequency ventilation in the management of traumatic tear of bronchus in a child |
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| Authors: | R Pizov Y Shir D Eimerl G Uretzky E Milgalter S Cotev |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| Abstract: | An 8-yr-old child suffered traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces and a ruptured right main bronchus. Surgical repair of the bronchus was postponed for 18 h after a definite diagnosis was established due to severe hypoxemia and hypercarbia. Only left endobronchial high-frequency ventilation with muscle relaxation corrected this pulmonary dysfunction sufficiently to enable surgical intervention. |
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