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Sand aspiration: a case report and review of the radiological features and management
Author(s) -
Appelboam R.,
Williams M. P.,
Duffy M. R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06405.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , respiratory distress , intensive care unit , acute respiratory distress , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , respiratory failure , acute respiratory failure , intensive care , ventilation (architecture) , surgery , anesthesia , lung , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary We report a case of severe sand aspiration in association with near‐drowning, which led to respiratory failure secondary to the acute respiratory distress syndrome, necessitating mechanical ventilation, repeated therapeutic bronchoscopic lavage, and a stay in the intensive care unit that exceeded one month.