Evaluating bronchial anastomotic stenosis dynamically by electrical impedance tomography in a lung transplant recipient: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung transplantation has become the first-choice treatment method for end-stage pulmonary disease patients. However, various postoperative airway complications hinder the progress of lung transplantation, with the most frequently reported complication being bronchial stenosis. Pendelluft is an intrapulmonary air redistribution in areas with different time constants and this phenomenon is largely unobservable. Meanwhile, pendelluft is the movement of gas in the lung without a change in tidal volume and can contribute to injury by introducing regional overdistension and tidal recruitment. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a radiation-free and noninvasive imaging tool that can be used to evaluate pulmonary ventilation and perfusion. EIT is also a novel imaging techni

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature