Pleuroperitoneal Shunting for Intractable Cardiogenic Pleural Effusions.

Autor: Kato, Takayoshi, Umeda, Yukio, Azuma, Ken-Ichiro, Murakawa, Shinji
Zdroj: Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals; 10/01/2010, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p479-480, 2p
Abstrakt: A 72-year-old man underwent post-infarction ventricular septal defect repair. Postoperatively, he required prolonged ventilation and could not be weaned from positive-pressure-assisted ventilation because of intractable bilateral pleural effusions. Conservative therapy was ineffective. After instituting pleuroperitoneal shunting, the patient could be weaned easily from a respirator. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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