Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Apr 1985
Case ReportsSurvival in adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by blastomycosis infection.
A 32-year-old man with diabetes had rapid development of acute respiratory failure and severe hypoxemia. Radiologic and hemodynamic evaluation confirmed the clinical diagnosis of adult respiratory distress syndrome, and open-lung biopsy disclosed blastomycosis as the etiologic agent. The survival of this patient, after amphotericin therapy, to our knowledge is the first reported recovery from substantiated adult respiratory distress syndrome secondary to blastomycosis.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Dec 1984
Case ReportsDifferential mechanical ventilation in respiratory failure due to severe unilateral lung disease.
Severe unilateral lung disease that produces respiratory failure may necessitate mechanical ventilatory support to sustain gas exchange. This article describes the successful use of differential lung ventilation in the management of one patient with diffuse unilateral pneumonia and another with a postoperative bronchopleural fistula after standard methods of mechanical ventilation failed to provide adequate gas exchange for these patients.