Korean J Anesthesiol.
2016 Aug;69(4):409-412. 10.4097/kjae.2016.69.4.409.
Central hyperventilation syndrome due to massive pneumocephalus after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. andigi@hanmail.net
- KMID: 2344611
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2016.69.4.409
Abstract
- Pneumocephalus is common after brain surgeries, but usually is not substantial enough to cause serious complications. We recently encountered a case of post-operative tachypnea after an endoscopic 3rd ventriculostomy. At first, we thought that the hyperventilation was the result of residual paralysis after emergence from anesthesia, but during further evaluation we found a massive pneumocephalus. In such unusual post-operative situations, physicians should consider surgery-related complications as the possible cause as well, along with the anesthetic factors.
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