| Literature DB >> 7831641 |
F P Edenborough1, I Hussain, D E Stableforth.
Abstract
The use of a Heimlich flutter valve in an adult patient with cystic fibrosis with hypercapnic respiratory failure which allowed resolution of a persisting pneumothorax after failure of conventional tube drainage is reported. The patient was managed at home and avoided surgical pleurodesis which could have jeopardised transplantation at a later date.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7831641 PMCID: PMC475288 DOI: 10.1136/thx.49.11.1178
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorax ISSN: 0040-6376 Impact factor: 9.139