Definition of barotrauma in English:
barotrauma
noun ˈbarə(ʊ)ˌtraʊməˈbarə(ʊ)ˌtrɔːmə-ˈtrô-
mass nounMedicine Injury caused by a change in air pressure, affecting typically the ear or the lung.
Example sentencesExamples
- The most dangerous medical problems are barotrauma to the lungs and decompression sickness, also called ‘the bends.’
- Once mechanical ventilation has been started, it is important to avoid high ventilator pressures and the associated risks of barotrauma.
- For this reason, it is important to monitor airway pressures during ventilation to prevent barotrauma.
- Traumatic perforations of the tympanic membrane can occur because of water accidents, barotrauma, explosions, penetrating injury, or temporal bone fractures.
- Inflation pressures for adults in excess of this are rarely beneficial, and the risk of barotrauma and gastric inflation are similar in adults and children.