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Management of a patient with a complete rupture of a main bronchus in a community hospital
Author(s) -
Rosengarten Andrew M,
Rosalion Alexander,
Epstein Joseph,
Kelly AnneMaree
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb124040.x
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , medicine , left main bronchus , bronchus , community hospital , surgery , emergency medicine , bronchoscopy , lung , respiratory disease , nursing
We describe the successful use of a portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine for a patient with complete rupture of the left main bronchus after a road crash. The machine was used before and during left main bronchus reanastomosis at a community hospital 30 km from Melbourne, and then during acute interhospital transfer.