Assessment of Pendelluft Using Electrical Impedance Tomography in a Patient With Flail Chest.

An 80-year-old man with flail chest exhibiting paradoxical chest wall movement required mechanical ventilation for internal fixation. Despite the apparent paradoxical motion resolution, unstable chest wall segments allowed pendelluft to persist. Thus, EIT-guided management of flail chest should focus on stabilising the visible chest wall and achieving homogenised ventilation dynamics.