BACKGROUND Morbidly obese patients develop more atelectasis during general anesthesia than non-obese ones, and these atelectasis persist for 24 hours after the end of the surgical procedure. OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the effect of noninvasive ventilation with two pressure levels (BiPAP) in the pulmonary function, incidence of immediate postoperative pulmonary complications and the devel...

Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a new therapeutic option for severe refractory asthma not controlled despite high dose inhaled corticosteroids plus long-acting bronchodilators and omalizumab in selected cases. Risk of pulmonary atelectasis after BT in severe asthma has been described in literature, but no details have been reported on the possible mechanisms of the complication.

A patient with systemic manifestations of sepsis after above-knee amputation developed massive left pulmonary atelectasis and pneumonia. These persisted despite repeated bronchoscopies. At thoracotomy, 180 degrees torsion of the left lung was found. The patient improved temporarily but died later of sepsis, probably related to severe hip osteomyelitis.

Local failure is a major cause for low overall survival rates in advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Among others, radioresistant tumor clones as well as geographical miss can explain these high local failure rates. One reason for geographical miss is a change of tumor related atelectasis in the course of radiotherapy. We present the case of a patient with UICC Stage IIIb NSCLC who pre...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the potential benefit of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), atelectasis, pneumonia, and intubation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA PPCs are common during the postoperative period and may be associated with a high morbidity rate. Efficacy of CPAP to prevent PPCs occur...

Insufficient control of post-thoracotomy pain can produce breathing dysfunction and long term staying in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It can increase the incidence of pulmonary complications such as atelectasis, pneumonia and respiratory failure. The aim of this study was to determine the analgesic effect of continuous extrapleural nerve block, using ropivacaine, in neonates younger tha...

A PREVIOUS STUDY lo reported the effect on man of exposure to an atmosphere consisting primarily of oxygen at reduced total pressure (190 mm. Hg). Arterial desaturation was found in two of eight test subjects at the conclusion of 17 days, suggesting the possibility of atelectasis being present. This was not cordlrmed by either x-ray or vital capacity data. Atelectasis had been noted, however, a...

BACKGROUND Trauma and surgery may be complicated by pulmonary dysfunction, acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but the mechanisms are incompletely understood. METHODS We evaluated lung capillary protein permeability non-invasively with help of the 67Ga-transferrin pulmonary leak index (PLI) technique and extravascular lung water (EVLW) by the transpulmonary...

OBJECTIVE To verify the effectiveness of noninvasive ventilation compared to conventional physiotherapy or oxygen therapy in the mortality rate and prevention of pulmonary complications in patients during the immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery. METHODS Systematic review and meta-analysis recorded in the International Prospective Register of Ongoing Systematic Reviews (number CR...

To review the impact of MI:E use in children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) over a one year period. During pulmonary exacerbations people CF often require increased airway clearance support (Smith, Rowbotham and Charbek, 2018). An adjunct which may be useful facilitating is mechanical insufflator-exsufflator (MI:E). There little literature about using MI: E young CF; where it has been used, managing...