Herbst-Rodrigues Marcus Vinicius, Carvalho Vitor Oliveira, Abrahao Ludhmila Hajjar, Nozawa Emilia, Feltrim Maria Ignez Zanetti, Gomes-Galas Filomena Regina Barbosa
Physiotherapy Department, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 Jun 22;7:58. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-58.
This case report describes an unusual presentation of right upper lobe atelectasis associated with refractory hypoxemia to conventional alveolar recruitment maneuvers in a patient soon after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
Case-report.
The alveolar recruitment with PEEP = 40 cm H2O improved the patient's atelectasis and hypoxemia.
In the present report, the unusual alveolar recruitment maneuver with PEEP 40 cm H2O showed to be safe and efficient to reverse refractory hypoxemia and uncommon atelectasis in a patient after cardiac surgery.
本病例报告描述了一名冠状动脉搭桥手术后不久的患者,出现右上叶肺不张并伴有对传统肺泡复张手法难治性低氧血症的不寻常表现。
病例报告。
呼气末正压(PEEP)为40 cm H₂O的肺泡复张改善了患者的肺不张和低氧血症。
在本报告中,呼气末正压40 cm H₂O的不寻常肺泡复张手法显示对逆转心脏手术后患者的难治性低氧血症和罕见的肺不张是安全有效的。