Acute respiratory distress syndrome: rapid and significant response to volume-controlled inverse ratio ventilation--a case report.
Pulmonary complications following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are relatively common, with up to 12% of patients experiencing acute lung injury (ALI). The treatment for ALI or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is primarily supportive with specific modes of mechanical ventilation. We report a 46-year-old man withARDS after cardiac surgery whose arterial oxygenation was surprisingly improved 1 hour after using volume-controlled inverse ratio ventilation (VC-IRV).
Aghdaii
Nahid
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Depart. of Anesthesiology, Shahid Rajaii Cardiovascular Medical Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, lran. aghdaii@yahoo.com
Faritous
Seyede Zahra
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Yazdanian
Forouzan
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Zade
Halime Reza
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D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*