One-sided high-frequency oscillating ventilation in the treatment of neonatal unilateral pulmonary emphysema.
We describe a preterm infant (31 weeks' gestation) with unilateral pulmonary emphysema. Bronchoscopy showed no bronchial obstruction. After 20 days of right-sided high-frequency oscillating ventilation, the emphysema in the left lung had completely resolved and the patient could be extubated.
Rettwitz-Volk
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W
Children's University Clinic, Department of Neonatology, Frankfurt, Main, Germany.
Schlösser
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R
von Loewenich
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V
D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000628:therapy*