Anesthetic management of a patient with bronchopleural fistula following blunt trauma chest: A brief report

Blunt trauma to the chest resulting in rupture of a major bronchus is rare. These injuries are often fatal because of respiratory distress; difficulties in establishing an airway, and the high frequency of associated multiple organ injuries. We report the anesthetic and intensive care management of...

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Main Authors: Naveen Yadav, Ajay Kumar, Gyaninder Pal Singh, Ira Balakrishnan, Richa Aggarwal, Hemanshu Prabhakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184913001116