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Traumatic massive air leak treated with prolonged double lumen intubation and high frequency ventilation: case report
1Department of Intensive Care, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Journal of Trauma
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case is presented of unilateral traumatic massive air leak successfully treated with prolonged double-lumen endobronchial intubation and unilateral high frequency intermittent positive pressure ventilation, while the "good" lung was ventilated conventionally. The problems encountered are described and the rationale for this management are discussed.