Management of bronchopleural fistula with a variable-resistance valve and a single ventilator

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1452-1454

  Carvalho, Paula ^a   Thompson, William I I ^b   Riggs, Rod ^b   Carvalho, Camilo ^b   Charan, Nirmal B ^b  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bronchopleural fistula; independent lung ventilation; mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031005432     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1452     Document Type: Article

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