Cardiac Arrest Occurred by Tension Pneumothorax during Right Thoracotomy: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2006.51.6.756
- Author:
Seung Moon RYU
1
;
Hyo Seok NA
;
Jin Ho BAE
;
Jong Myeon HONG
;
Seung Woon LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. swlim@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
cardiac arrest;
one-lung ventilation;
tension pneumothorax
- MeSH:
Anoxia;
Early Diagnosis;
Emergencies;
Heart Arrest*;
Humans;
Hypotension;
Mortality;
One-Lung Ventilation;
Pneumothorax*;
Thoracotomy*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2006;51(6):756-759
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
