Abstract
We report the successful application of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in a patient with tension pneumatocele (TP). The proposed check-valve mechanism for the development of pneumatoceles predicts that positive-pressure ventilation could lead to distension of these airspaces and formation of TPs. Therefore, high-frequency ventilation could be more applicable in conditions, such as massive air leak due to bronchopleural fistula, that are difficult to manage by conventional ventilator modes.
MeSH terms
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Bronchial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
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Bronchial Fistula / therapy
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Chest Tubes
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Child, Preschool
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Cysts / diagnostic imaging
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Cysts / therapy*
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Female
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Fistula / diagnostic imaging
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Fistula / therapy
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High-Frequency Jet Ventilation*
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Humans
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Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Lung Diseases / therapy*
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Oxygen / blood
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Pleural Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Pleural Diseases / therapy
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Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / diagnostic imaging
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Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / therapy*
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Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
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Pneumothorax / therapy*
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Radiography
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Treatment Outcome