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Ann Thorac Surg
; 89(4): 1268-71, 2010 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20338351
ABSTRACT
A right-side spontaneous pneumohemothorax developed in a 16-year-old boy who was transferred from a local medical department to our emergency department 12 hours later. After an emergency operation to remove the blood clot, right-side reexpansion pulmonary edema developed, with about 3100 mL of foamy and bloody fluid drainage from the right-side endotracheal tube. The patient was sent to the intensive care unit with differential lung ventilation, but developed left-side pulmonary edema resulting in worsening oxygen saturation. Further extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support was used. The patient recovered gradually, and the endobronchial tube was removed 5 days later.