[Evaluation with chest CT scan of CPAP as a treatment for tracheobronchomalacia in the frame of a Mounier-Kuhn syndrome].

CONCLUSIONS: Three-dimensional virtual bronchoscopy is an interesting tool and a noninvasive method to diagnose tracheobronchomegaly for patients who are at a high anesthetic risk. It is also possible to use it demonstrate the effect of CPAP in tracheobronchomalacia. PMID: 32675007 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32675007?dopt=Abstract

Source: Revue des Maladies Respiratoires - July 19, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Rev Mal Respir Source Type: research