title: Overwhelming necrotizing tracheobronchitis due to inadequate humidification during high-frequency jet ventilation.
abstract: Necrotizing tracheobronchitis (NT) associated with conventional mechanical ventilation or high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) is a lesion reported most often in neonates. In most cases, a specific cause is not identified. We describe a case of NT in an adult that occurred during HFJV and was attributable to inadequate humidification.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Circeo
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Heard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D009336:Necrosis; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology