Pneumothorax Related to Mechanical Ventilation: Silent Enemy
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24. Sept. 2016
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Online veröffentlicht: 24. Sept. 2016
Seitenbereich: 267 - 270
Eingereicht: 14. Jan. 2016
Akzeptiert: 07. März 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2016-0019
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© 2016 Branislav Mojsic et al., published by De Gruyter Open
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Pneumothorax is well known and described complication in intensive care unit patients (ICU). Incidence of this complication is higher in patients with underlying pathology. As it can be occult, it is of the most importance to think of it in patients on mechanical ventilation. In this case report we well present ventilator-related pneumothorax in infant: clinical presentation, diagnosis and management