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.
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