Paediatric Imaging

Air leak

the presence of air in the soft tissues resulting from rupture of an airway or a hollow viscus. The term is typically used in relation to the thorax and it is most commonly seen in ventilated neonates. Radiographically it appears as a pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium or subcutaneous emphysema, or combinations of these. See RDS treatment iatrogenic complications and air leak intrathoracic.

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