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High frequency jet ventilation for severe pulmonary hemorrhage during aortic dissection operation--a case report
K S Cheng1, C H Chung, M W Yang
1Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Massive endobronchial bleeding during extracorporeal circulation was encountered in a patient during aortic dissection operation. The use of high frequency jet ventilation resulted in successful staunching of the bleeding, thus avoiding the need of pneumonectomy or lobectomy.