Pressure-controlled inverse-ratio synchronised independent lung ventilation for a blast wound to the chest.
Massive unilateral pulmonary injury poses a severe ventilatory problem. We used pressure-controlled, inverse-ratio, independent lung ventilation for a shotgun injury.  Two synchronised Siemens Servo 900C ventilators were connected to a double lumen endotracheal tube.  Arterial pO2 tripled in 15 minutes, and the patient remained on SILV for 36 hours.
Watts
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Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York 14642.
Boustany
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Lund
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Oliver
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Papadakos
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000628:therapy*