We report a case of severe posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) complicated by bronchopleural fistulae (BPF). The stiff ARDS lung and huge air leaks from BPF resulted in the failure of different protective mechanical ventilation strategies to provide viable gas exchange. Lung rest, achieved by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO₂R), allowed weaning from mechanical ventilation, closure of BPF, and resumption of spontaneous breathing.

Bronchopleural fistulae and pulmonary ossification in posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome : successful treatment with extracorporeal support / M. Bombino, N. Patroniti, G. Foti, S. Isgrò, G. Grasselli, A. Pesenti. - In: ASAIO JOURNAL. - ISSN 1058-2916. - 57:4(2011), pp. 336-340.

Bronchopleural fistulae and pulmonary ossification in posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome : successful treatment with extracorporeal support

G. Grasselli;A. Pesenti
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2011

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We report a case of severe posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) complicated by bronchopleural fistulae (BPF). The stiff ARDS lung and huge air leaks from BPF resulted in the failure of different protective mechanical ventilation strategies to provide viable gas exchange. Lung rest, achieved by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO₂R), allowed weaning from mechanical ventilation, closure of BPF, and resumption of spontaneous breathing.
accidents, traffic; adult; bronchial fistula; carbon dioxide; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; humans; lung; male; respiration; respiration, artificial; respiratory distress syndrome, adult
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2011
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