PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - SC Hung
AU  - HC Hsu
AU  - SC Chang
TI  - Cerebral air embolism complicating bilevel positive airway pressure therapy
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.98.12010235
DP  - 1998 Jul 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 235--237
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/12/1/235.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/12/1/235.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1998 Jul 01; 12
AB  - A 13 yr old male with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who received bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation via a face mask for post-transplant pneumonitis developed subcutaneous emphysema, radiographic evidence of pulmonary interstitial emphysema, pneumomediastinum and 6 h later, right hemiparesis and focal livedo reticularis. This case illustrates that severe barotrauma may complicate noninvasive bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation.