Artículos de revistas
Alveolar recruitment maneuver in refractory hypoxemia and lobar atelectasis after cardiac surgery: A case report
Fecha
2012Registro en:
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, London, v.7, 58, p.1-4, 2012
1749-8090
10.1186/1749-8090-7-58
Autor
Herbst-Rodrigues, Marcus
Carvalho, Vitor
Hajjar, Ludhmila Abrahão
Nozawa, Emilia
Feltrim, Maria Ignez
Galas, Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes
Institución
Resumen
Abstract
Objective
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.
Method
Results
The alveolar recruitment with PEEP = 40cmH2O improved the patient’s atelectasis and hypoxemia.
Conclusion
In the present report, the unusual alveolar recruitment maneuver with PEEP 40cmH2O showed to be safe and efficient to reverse refractory hypoxemia and uncommon atelectasis in a patient after cardiac surgery.