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Pneumatoceles and pneumothoraces complicating staphylococcal pneumonia: treatment by synchronous independent lung ventilation.

Aw LohseElisabeth HermannK H Meyer Zum BüschenfeldeH StepplingM. StaritzO. KleinK F KreitnerHanns F. Löhr

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Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineLung DiseasesMalemedicine.medical_specialtyHerniaFistulaFistulaMediastinal ShiftPneumonia StaphylococcalmedicineHumansHerniaLungPneumatocelebusiness.industryRespiratory diseasePneumothoraxMiddle AgedPleural Diseasesmedicine.diseaseRespiration ArtificialSurgeryrespiratory tract diseasesPneumoniamedicine.anatomical_structurePneumothoraxBronchial FistulabusinessResearch Article

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A 54 year old man with a staphylococcal sepsis developed staphylococcal pneumonia complicated by multiple pneumatoceles and bilateral tension pneumothoraces caused by bronchopleural fistulae. Excessive enlargement of the right sided pneumatoceles and a tension pneumothorax not improved by drainage led to mediastinal shift and compression of the right lung. Reversal of the mediastinal shift and closure of the bronchopleural fistulae was achieved by assisted independent lung ventilation.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1993-05-01Thorax
10.1136/thx.48.5.578https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8322253