High-frequency jet ventilation in a patient with sarcoidosis and bilateral bronchopleural fistulae.
A patient with sarcoidosis developed bilateral bronchopleural fistulae and was managed with high-frequency ventilation. A review of this technique along with other mechanical ventilatory measures is presented.
D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*