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Am J Perinatol 1984; 1(4): 345-348
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000036
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© 1984 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Pneumothorax Due to Endotracheal Tube Suction

Gad Alpan, Benjamin Glick, Ofra Peleg, Yair Amit, Fabian Eyal
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital-Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Traumatic pneumothoraces in ventilated premature infants are mostly related to high applied airway pressures. We report five cases of pneumothorax after endotracheal tube suctioning that illustrate two different mechanisms by which this may occur. Following suggested preventive measures, such complications have not recurred.