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. 1977 Dec;52(12):956–959. doi: 10.1136/adc.52.12.956

Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides coli by oxygen inhalation.

A E Mackinnon, J D Frank, P Morris
PMCID: PMC1545021  PMID: 147060

Abstract

Endotracheal intubation and intermittent positive pressure ventilation were used to overcome the difficulties of oxygen therapy for pneumatosis cystoides coli in a 9-year-old child with Down's syndrome and a congenital heart defect. As compared to previously reported cases, a shorter duration of treatment and a lower arterial oxygen tension proved successful.

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