Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Tension Pneumothorax during Ventilating Bronchosocpy.
10.4097/kjae.1988.21.3.519
- Author:
Ki Hyuk HONG
1
;
Young Jin LEE
;
Jong Duk KIM
;
Soon Il KIM
;
Kang Hee CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
ventilating bronchoscopy;
Tension Pneumothorax;
Cardiac arrest;
Closed thoracostomy
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Bronchoscopy;
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Infant;
Pneumothorax*;
Thoracostomy
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1988;21(3):519-521
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tension pneumothorax is a rare complication during anesthesia and ventilating bronchoscopy. The authors have experienced a case of tension pneumothorax during ventilating bronchoscopy for removal of a foreign body(peanut) in the left mian bronches which caused cardiac arrest in a 22 month old pt. The patients was successfully resuscitated by CPR and closed thoracostomy. Subsequently the foreigh body was removed by bronchotomy.
