Review article

https://doi.org/10.66166/cjaim.1.1.5

Conflicting Strategies in the Management of an ARDS Patient with Airway Leak

Ivan Bandić orcid.org/0009-0006-9984-6517 ; Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Medicine, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Jasminka Peršec orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-8153 ; Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Medicine, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is a complex medical condition which, despite variability in its presentation and clinical manifestations, typically necessitates positive pressure mechanical ventilation in affected patients. Advances in clinical practice have significantly improved patient management and reduced mortality. Nevertheless, complications arising from barotrauma, more specifically airway leak, most notably pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum, continue to pose a serious threat to patient outcomes and represent a significant clinical challenge in intensive care management.

Keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome; barotrauma; airway leak; pneumothorax; pneumomediastinum

Hrčak ID:

342436

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/342436

Publication date:

26.12.2025.

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