Utility of intraoperative lung ultrasonography

A & a Case Reports
Thomas EdrichMarc M Berger

Abstract

A patient with an endobronchial tumor and critical airway obstruction developed hypoxia and hypercarbia and, subsequently, cardiac arrest during a palliative laser core-out excision. The differential diagnosis included tension pneumothorax, as well as airway obstruction due to swelling of residual tumor or to blood clots. In this case, empiric needle decompression could have had deleterious consequences. Immediate bedside lung ultrasonography provided real-time information leading to the stabilization of the patient. This case provides compelling motivation for anesthesiologists to acquire this easily learned skill.

References

May 26, 1999·Intensive Care Medicine·D LichtensteinA Gepner
Jan 19, 2010·Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine·R Gentry Wilkerson, Michael B Stone
Jul 28, 2011·Anesthesiology·Kenichi UedaAlan F Ross
Dec 11, 2013·Emergency Medicine International·Colleen CucaRaoul Breitkreutz

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Mar 26, 2016·Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia·Adam C AdlerJeffrey M Feldman
May 13, 2017·Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin·R TomasiP Scheiermann
Dec 15, 2015·International Anesthesiology Clinics·Ranjit DeshpandeNikhil Chawla

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Blood Clotting Disorders

Thrombophilia includes conditions with increased tendency for excessive blood clotting. Blood clotting occurs when the body has insufficient amounts of specialized proteins that make blood clot and stop bleeding. Here is the latest research on blood clotting disorders.

Related Papers

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Roser Garcia-GuaschSusana González
The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society
R C ReadD S Thompson
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine
Keisuke Matsuo, Yoichi Watanabe
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved