Management of a patient with a complete rupture of a main bronchus in a community hospital.

Med J Aust · 2000

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe the successful use of a portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine for a patient with complete rupture of the left main bronchus after a road crash. The machine was used before and during left main bronchus reanastomosis at a community hospital 30 km from Melbourne, and then during acute interhospital transfer.