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Difficult ventilation from increased abdominal pressure
Author(s) -
GHAFFARI SINA
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02052.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , abdomen , laparotomy , urine output , airway , anesthesia , ventilation (architecture) , abdominal compartment syndrome , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering , creatinine
Summary Airway management is one of the most important responsibilities of every anesthesiologist. A problematic situation arises when a patient is intubated correctly but not being ventilated. A case of a 4‐year‐old child who was involved in a car accident, presented for an exploratory laparotomy. Although she was successfully intubated, she could not be ventilated. The situation only improved after a large volume of fluid (urine) was drained from the abdomen.