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.
Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York 14642.
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Watts
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Boustany
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Lund
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Oliver
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Papadakos
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000628:therapy*