PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A E Mackinnon AU - J D Frank AU - P Morris TI - Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides coli by oxygen inhalation. AID - 10.1136/adc.52.12.956 DP - 1977 Dec 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 956--959 VI - 52 IP - 12 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/12/956.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/12/956.full SO - Arch Dis Child1977 Dec 01; 52 AB - Endotracheal intubation and intermittent positive pressure ventilation were used to overcome the difficulties of oxygen therapy for pneumatosis cystoides coli in a 9-year-old child with Down's syndrome and a congenital heart defect. As compared to previously reported cases, a shorter duration of treatment and a lower arterial oxygen tension proved successful.