Khedher, Ahmed and Meddeb, Khaoula and Sma, Nesrine and Azouzi, Abdelbaki and Fraj, Nesrine and Boussarsar, Mohamed (2018) Pulmonary Barotrauma Including Huge Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema in an Adult with Status Asthmaticus: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (5). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Introduction: Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a rare finding defined as abnormal air collection inside the lung interstitial tissues. Described more frequently in ventilated new-borns, pulmonary interstitial emphysema is an uncommon barotrauma-related complication in adults. Management and clinical sequelae are poorly described. Patient: We describe the case of a 64-year-old man who presented with huge pulmonary interstitial emphysema together with simultaneous pulmonary barotrauma in status asthmaticus requiring invasive ventilation. Discussion: There are no guidelines for the management of such complications and their possible sequelae but conservative treatment seems to be effective. The treatment of our patient is described.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pulmonary interstitial emphysema, status asthmaticus, barotrauma, mechanical ventilation |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2018 09:49 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2018 09:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18150 |
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