Mechanical ventilation strategies in massive chest trauma.

Critical care clinics · Apr 2007

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Mechanical ventilation strategies in massive chest trauma.

Patients in extremis because of trauma-related massive chest injury require expedient evaluation and prompt intervention. The initial pathophysiology relates to the significant intrapulmonary shunting caused by disruption of pulmonary capillaries and extravasation into the alveolar spaces. ⋯ Independent lung ventilation (mostly with unilateral lung involvement) and other strategies like inhaled nitric oxide, prone positioning, partial liquid ventilation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have had good results. Intensivists confronted with this clinical subset may consider using these strategies as alternative/adjunctive options for optimizing respiratory and hemodynamic status in the supportive management of trauma-related acute lung injury (ALI) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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- Ferdinand R Rico, Julius D Cheng, Mark L Gestring, and Edward S Piotrowski.
- Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box SURG, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. ferdinand_rico@urmc.rochester.edu
- Crit Care Clin. 2007 Apr 1;23(2):299-315, xi.
AbstractPatients in extremis because of trauma-related massive chest injury require expedient evaluation and prompt intervention. The initial pathophysiology relates to the significant intrapulmonary shunting caused by disruption of pulmonary capillaries and extravasation into the alveolar spaces. Disproportionate or unilateral lung involvement needs measures more technical than general supportive care. Independent lung ventilation (mostly with unilateral lung involvement) and other strategies like inhaled nitric oxide, prone positioning, partial liquid ventilation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have had good results. Intensivists confronted with this clinical subset may consider using these strategies as alternative/adjunctive options for optimizing respiratory and hemodynamic status in the supportive management of trauma-related acute lung injury (ALI) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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