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Patients who have CABG surgery are at risk for pulmonary complications due to the loss of intrapleural pressure during surgery, mechanical ventilation, and postoperative pain.
4) [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] [FIGURE 3 OMITTED] Spontaneous pneumomediastinum typically occurs when there is a significant increase in pulmonary volume followed by a dramatic increase in intrapleural pressure as seen with sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and Valsalva maneuvers.
Patients should also know that the negative intrapleural pressure gradient that is generated during deep breathing or paroxysms of coughing might cause a vacuum effect, which can also facilitate the aspiration of an object held loosely around the stoma.
 
 
 
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