Medical management and therapy of bronchopleural fistulas in the mechanically ventilated patient.

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Published in Chest on March 01, 1990

Authors

M H Baumann1, S A Sahn

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

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