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 subsequently eliminated, during differential lung ventilation using a single ventilator and a variable-resistance valve attached to one lumen of a bifurcated endotracheal tube.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Bronchial Fistula / therapy*
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Equipment Design
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Fistula / therapy*
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Humans
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Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
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Lung Diseases, Obstructive / surgery
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pleural Diseases / therapy*
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Pneumonectomy / adverse effects
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Pneumothorax / surgery
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Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods
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Pressure
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Respiration, Artificial / methods*
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Rheology
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Tidal Volume
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Ventilators, Mechanical*