Korean J Anesthesiol.
2006 Dec;51(6):756-759. 10.4097/kjae.2006.51.6.756.
Cardiac Arrest Occurred by Tension Pneumothorax during Right Thoracotomy: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. swlim@chungbuk.ac.kr
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
- KMID: 2243616
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2006.51.6.756
Abstract
- Tension pneumothorax during one-lung ventilation is an insidious, life threatening emergency. Even though early diagnosis and rapid intervention are necessary to prevent mortality, treatment may be difficult because of the clinical diagnosis-mediastinal shift, hypoxemia, hypotension and increased airway pressure may be confusing in the operative setting. We present here the case of a patient who underwent right thoracotomy with one-lung ventilation and the patient developed left tension pneumothorax with resulting cardiac arrest.
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