Intrabronchial valves a case series describing a minimally invasive approach to bronchopleural fistulas in medical intensive care unit patients

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-141

  Mahajan, Amit Kumar ^a   Verhoef, Philip ^a   Patel, Shruti B ^a   Carr, Gordon ^b   Hogarth, Douglas Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Bronchoscopy; Intrabronchial valve; Persistent air leaks; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRABRONCHIAL VALVE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONREBREATHER FACE MASK; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSISTENT AIR LEAK; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84863651239     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e318251c897     Document Type: Article

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