Use of a Heimlich flutter valve for pneumothorax in cystic fibrosis.
The use of a Heimlich flutter valve in an adult patient with cystic fibrosis with hypercapnic respiratory failure which allowed resolution of a persisting pneumothorax after failure of conventional tube drainage is reported. The patient was managed at home and avoided surgical pleurodesis which could have jeopardised transplantation at a later date.
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
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Edenborough
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Hussain
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Stableforth
D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications