Sir, myself Dr sheetal b Hiregoudar practising intensivist in Hubli,INDIA. I had heard ur lectures in pune Best of Brussels.sir , I came across a case with polytrauma(multiple fractures of lower limb & upper limb with mild thoracic injury ie no rib fractures.chest x-ray should mild pneumothorax on left side.since his vital parameters were within normal limits,we didn't plan for a ICD insertion instead decided to keep a close watch.we were sure he is at high risk of going into ARDS .we closely monitored his vital parameters.patient received 5 points of whole blood over period of 3days .on 4th day his saturations started dropping to 85% with 10litres of oxygen/min. ABG showed pao2 of 50,we got a CT chest scan which should moderate pneumothorax on left and infiltrates on right lung.we immediately put a ICD on left side.then put him on NIV ,PS 15 & PEEP 8.his saturations improved to 95%. We got a chest x-ray which showed non homogeneous opacity on right side and left lung had opened up without any opacities.obviously since that side was collapsed exudates couldn't be formed. Subsequently we observed even though his right lung opacities increased his left lung didn't show any opacities.his saturations were maintained with NIV support.further we operated him for # .sir my question is can we induce pneumothorax if it is not present in polytrauma patients at the presentation , who r at high risk for ARDS.of course controlling pneumothorax to moderate degree will be a challenge .sir if you can guide us it will be immense help.thank u sir Dr sheetal bh (talk) 08:50, 26 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
