Central hyperventilation syndrome due to massive pneumocephalus after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a case report.
10.4097/kjae.2016.69.4.409
- Author:
Euiseok PARK
1
;
Heezoo KIM
;
Byung Gun LIM
;
Dong Kyu LEE
;
Dongik CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. andigi@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pneumocephalus;
Postoperative care;
Tachypnea
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Brain;
Hyperventilation*;
Paralysis;
Pneumocephalus*;
Postoperative Care;
Tachypnea;
Ventriculostomy*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2016;69(4):409-412
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
