Use of a Heimlich flutter valve in a dog with spontaneous pneumothorax
Date
2005-06
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Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association
Abstract
A three-year-old, male, Pointer dog was presented with a four-day history of severe non-traumatic respiratory compromise. Clinical examination findings were consistent with a closed pneumothorax. Other diagnostics, including electrocardiography, radiography and bronchoalveolar lavage, suggested a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax possibly associated with infective pleuropneumonia. A Heimlich flutter valve was used as drainage for the pneumothorax after a thoracostomy for chest tube placement. The spontaneous pneumothorax was resolved and further air leakage ceased by the third day.
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Veterinary sciences, Bullous emphysema, Management, Drainage, Canis familiaris, Mycoplasma
Citation
Salcı, H. vd. (2005). "Use of a Heimlich flutter valve in a dog with spontaneous pneumothorax". Australian Veterinary Practitioner, 35(2), 47-51.