Citation

Tyler DC, Redding G, Hall D, Lynn A. Crit. Care Med. 1984; 12(5): 467-468.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6713917

Abstract

A 7-yr-old boy undergoing treatment for respiratory failure after near-drowning developed a pneumomediastinum. Intracranial hypertension refractory to previously successful therapy led to placement of a mediastinal tube, after which intracranial pressure decreased and was easier to control. A pneumomediastinum may cause intracranial hypertension by interfering with venous drainage from the cranium.

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