Management of bronchopleural fistula with a variable-resistance valve and a single ventilator.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Fistula
- Fistula
- Pleural Diseases
- Respiration, Artificial
- Ventilators, Mechanical