Barotrauma.
Barotrauma remains a significant complication of mechanical ventilation, particularly in ARDS. A number of alternative techniques for mechanical ventilation are being investigated with the purpose of minimizing ventilator-related lung injury and air leak phenomena while maintaining adequate oxygenation. Among them pressure-controlled inverse-ratio ventilation and extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal have not resulted in a definite reduction of barotrauma thus far. The radiologist plays an important role in the early recognition of barotrauma and may assist in the treatment of its sequelae.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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D001469:Barotrauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology