Air tightness testing has importance in industrial environments where in compressed air systems leaks account for a high percentage of energy loss. These losses can effectively be reduced by locating and repairing of leaks. Furthermore, tightness is a criterion for the quality of different kinds of seals and joints. For leak detection and tightness testing acoustic methods (passive and active) ...

Capillary leak syndrome is a dreaded complication of snake bite. Various modalities of treatment have been tried, but prognosis is very poor. We have reported here complicated with capillary leak, which survived following plamapheresis.

A new method for measuring and correcting air leaks during lung-function testing in infants has been validated in vitro and in vivo by using a flow-through system that measured the inflow and outflow of a face mask. An adjustable leak was quantified by using suction flow to validate the accuracy of leak measurements. To validate the leak correction, the volume of a pump was measured with differ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the outcome of patients who had 2-octyl cyanoacrylate used as an adjunct to control air leaks after lung resection by application directly onto the visceral pleura. METHODS A retrospective review of these patients from 2007 to 2009 from a single surgeon's practice. RESULTS Seven challenging patients had 2-octyl cyanoacrylate used to control difficult air leaks after lu...

Background. Prolonged air leak is defined as an ongoing air leak for more than 5 days. Intrabronchial valve (IBV) treatment is approved for the treatment of air leaks. Objective. To analyze our experience with IBV and valuate its cost-effectiveness. Methods. Retrospective analysis of IBV from June 2013 to October 2014. We analyzed direct costs based on hospital and operating room charges. We us...

D evelopment of an air leak is not an unusual occurrence for a patient with a thoracotomy (Cerfolio & Bryant, 2008). However, air leaks that persist for more than 5 days increase hospital length of stay (LOS), risk of infection, and cost of care. Limited treatment options are available currently for patients with persistent air leaks. One treatment form, blood pleurodesis, requires nurses to gi...

Pneumothorax in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) often presents as a difficult-to-treat disease. Autologous blood-patch pleurodesis has previously been used for the treatment of pneumothorax. Blood outside its own environment is an irritant; therefore, chest physicians must watch closely for an allergic reaction. The injection is simple, painless, causes no side effects, is an...

We investigated the effect of a small bellows leak (bellows full at end-expiration) on inspired oxygen fraction (Fio(2)), exhaled tidal volume (Vt), airway pressure, and room contamination in an oxygen-driven anesthesia ventilator (Ohmeda 7810, Madison, WI). CO(2) concentration at the ventilator exhalation valve, Fio(2), Vt, and airway pressure were measured (n = 3) while ventilating a CO(2)-pr...