Tension Pneumothorax during General Anesthesia.
- Author:
II Soo KYUN
1
;
Hyun Man CHOI
;
Byung Kwon KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH: Anesthesia, General*; Humans; Pneumothorax*; Positive-Pressure Respiration; Rupture; Thoracotomy; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1973;6(2):87-90
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Tension pneumothorax occurred in a 42 year old man with pulmonary tuberculosis during induction of general anesthesia for left lobectomy. Rupture of emphysematous bullse, presumably due to positive pressure ventilation employed during induction, was identified by immediate thoracotomy. The patient made an uneventful recovery.
