Sudden hypothermia after bladder perforation during transurethral bladder tumor resection: A case report.
- Author:
Min Kee LEE
1
;
Yong Seock LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, Korea. lysjdjn@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bladder perforation;
Hypothermia;
Intraperitoneal leakage;
Transurethral resection
- MeSH:
Acidosis;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Cardiac Output;
Humans;
Hypertrophy;
Hypothermia;
Prostate;
Prostatic Neoplasms;
Urinary Bladder;
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2010;5(2):173-176
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Transurethral resection is frequently performed urologic operation for benign prostate hypertrophy, prostate cancer, bladder cancer. During transurethral resection, urologists generally use room temperature irrigation fluid, and there is a chance that patients will run into hypothermia. Hypothermia may lead to arrhythmia, reduction of cardiac output, coagulation disorder, metabolic acidosis, and further serious life threatening complications. This case describes a sudden drop in core temperature due to bladder perforation and intraperitoneal leakage of irrigation fluid during transurethral resection of bladder tumor.
