Abstract
Following a Glenn shunt, an infant required mechanical ventilation (IPPV) for pneumonia, a phrenic nerve palsy and chylothoraces. In order to improve her deteriorating clinical condition, we used continuous negative extrathoracic pressure (CNEP) to minimise the deleterious effects of IPPV on pulmonary blood flow. She was successfully weaned from IPPV and supported with CNEP.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 766-8 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Intensive Care Medicine |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 1995 |
Keywords
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Female
- Heart Bypass, Right
- Humans
- Infant
- Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Circulation
- Respiration, Artificial
- Respiratory Insufficiency
- Ventilators, Negative-Pressure
- Case Reports
- Journal Article