• Chest · May 1992

    Case Reports

    Pneumothorax due to ball-valve obstruction of an endotracheal tube in a mechanically ventilated patient.

    • J H Russomanno and L K Brown.
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.
    • Chest. 1992 May 1; 101 (5): 1444-5.

    AbstractBarotrauma is a well-known complication of mechanical ventilation, thought to be related to alveolar rupture from localized hyperinflation. Mishaps related to endotracheal intubation can lead to barotrauma such as inadvertent intubation of the right mainstem bronchus. In this report, we describe pneumothorax as a consequence of ball-valve occlusion, a previously undescribed endotracheal tube malfunction.

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