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Case Reports
. 1986;12(3):161-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF00254934.

Prolonged high-frequency jet ventilation in a patient with bronchopleural fistula. An alternative mode of ventilation

J J Rubio, A Algora-Weber, E Dominguez-de Villota, C Chamorro, J M Mosquera
Case Reports

Prolonged high-frequency jet ventilation in a patient with bronchopleural fistula. An alternative mode of ventilation

J J Rubio et al. Intensive Care Med. 1986.

Abstract

We report a case of bronchopleural fistula (BPF) in a patient submitted to conventional mechanical ventilation in which high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) was applied during five consecutive days. Gas exchange was adequate, the bronchial secretions could easily be cleared and the patient adapted comfortably to HFJV. In spite of PEEP levels between 4 and 8 mm Hg, the leak through the BPF ceased completely.

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