TY - JOUR T1 - Cerebral air embolism complicating bilevel positive airway pressure therapy JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 235 LP - 237 DO - 10.1183/09031936.98.12010235 VL - 12 IS - 1 AU - SC Hung AU - HC Hsu AU - SC Chang Y1 - 1998/07/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/12/1/235.abstract N2 - 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. ER -