Open AccessAcute Tension Pneumothorax Following Cardiac Herniation after Pneumonectomy
Author(s) -
Daniel Steinmann,
E. von Rohr,
Andreas Kirschbaum
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2010/213818
Subject(s) - medicine , tension pneumothorax , pneumonectomy , pneumothorax , surgery , anesthesia , cardiac surgery , lung
A tension pneumothorax is one of the main causes of cardiac arrest in the initial postoperative period after thoracic surgery. Tension pneumothorax and cardiac herniation must be taken into account in hemodynamically unstable patients after pneumonectomy. We report an unusual case of successful treatment of acute tension pneumothorax following cardiac herniation and intrathoracic bleeding after pneumonectomy.
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