Citation

Appelboam R, Williams MP, Duffy MR. Anaesthesia 2010; 65(8): 848-854.

Affiliation

Specialist Registrar, Consultant, Department of Radiology, Consultant Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06405.x

PMID

20569250

Abstract

We report a case of severe sand aspiration in association with near-drowning, which led to respiratory failure secondary to the acute respiratory distress syndrome, necessitating mechanical ventilation, repeated therapeutic bronchoscopic lavage, and a stay in the intensive care unit that exceeded one month.

Language: en