Management of neonatal bronchovenous fistula after cardiopulmonary bypass.

Reinhartz, Olaf; DeSilva, Anil M; Hanley, Frank L · Ann Thorac Surg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Bronchovenous fistula is occasionally encountered after traumatic lung injury or, in neonates, due to ventilation injuries with high ventilatory pressures. We report a case of massive air embolism associated with a bronchopulmonary venous communication in an infant post-repair of truncus arteriosus. Selective ventilation of the opposite lung for 3 days sealed the fistula.

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