[Mechanical ventilation with lower, as compared with traditional tidal volumes, for acute respiratory distress syndrome due to aspiration pneumonia].

Abstract

54-years old patient with ARDS syndrome due to aspiration pneumonia is described. Mechanical ventilation with lower as compared with traditional tidal volumes in the treatment was successfully performed.

• Authors: Michał Florczyk, Paweł Kuca, Joanna Wiśniewska, Janusz Burakowski, Witold Z Tomkowski
• Journal: Pneumonologia i alergologia polska (Pneumonol Alergol Pol) Vol. 70 Issue 7-8 Pg. 413-8 ( 2002) ISSN: 0867-7077 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Wentylacja mechaniczna z mniejsza od tradycyjnej objetościa oddechowa w zespole ostrej niewydolności oddechowej dorosłych w przebiegu zachłystowego zapalenia płuc.
• PMID: 12708084 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pneumonia, Aspiration (complications)
• Respiration, Artificial (methods)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (etiology, physiopathology, therapy)
• Tidal Volume
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome