S157 Poster Sessions Airway management â 602-614 602 PNEUMOTHORAX IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED ELDERLY ICU PATIENTS Katsarelis N1, Pedonomos M1, Frangiskatou E1, Paramythiotou E1, Karagiannis A1, Pedonomou M1, Poularas I1, Karabinis A1 1 ICU, Athens General Hospital., Athens, Greece INTRODUCTION: The aim of this clinical trial is to study pneumothorax (PNTH) complicating mechanical ventilation (MV) in elderly ICU patients (pts). METHODS: We studied retrospectively 96 ICU pts, 84 men (87.5%)-12 women (12.5%) who developed PNTH due to MV. Mean age: 45.2±19.8 years. Mean stay: 12.3±5.1 days. Underlying diseases: multiple trauma without thoracic injury 47, complicated surgery 34, vascular cerebral accident 8, other 7. Pts with thoracic injury, thoracic surgical procedures and insertion of central venous catheter in the internal jugular or subclavian vein were excluded. Ten pts (10.4%) had COPD. All pts underwent MV and were divided according to their age in 2 groups: Group A 62 (64.6%) ⤠65 years old and group B 34 (35.4%) > 65 years. We used clinical and laboratory findings for the diagnosis of PNTH (thorax auscultation, blood gases, chest X-ray on ptsâ bed, CVP, pulmonary resistance, deterioration of respiratory failure), while in 6 pts (6.2%) PNTH was diagnosed after a thorax CT
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Poster Sessions 602-806
Follow Intensive Care Medicine
, Volume 30 (1)
Springer Journals – Sep 1, 2004
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