RT Book, Section A1 Luks, Andrew M. A1 Pierson, David J. A2 Tobin, Martin J. SR Print(0) ID 57075566 T1 Chapter 44. Barotrauma and Bronchopleural Fistula T2 Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-173626-8 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57075566 RD 2024/03/28 AB This chapter considers the possible origins of extraalveolar air in ventilated patients and then reviews the manifestations and most frequent clinical settings of its various forms. After a discussion of general principles of management and a review of reported therapeutic approaches, it presents logical steps for prevention in susceptible patients and points out important gaps in the existing evidence base pertaining to this important topic. Although all the clinical forms of barotrauma are touched upon, most attention is devoted to those that pose a threat to life.