[INTENSIVE THERAPY OF THE PATIENT WITH VIRAL-BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, PROLONGED VENTILATION (137 DAYS) AND TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA].

A case of successful therapy of the patient with viral and bacterial pneumonia, prolonged ventilation (137 days) and tracheoesophagealfistula presented. The possibility of optimizing the gas exchange in the lungs by selecting appropriate modes of mechanical ventilation with the use ofproportional assist ventilation of the lungs (PVVL or PAV +), rather than suppressing patient's own attempts is shown.