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Korean J Anesthesiol · Aug 2010
Cardiac arrest induced by tension pneumothorax during ventilating bronchoscopy -A case report-.
- Kyoung-Ah Han, Hyun-Jung Kim, Hyo-Jin Byon, Jin-Tae Kim, Hee-Soo Kim, Chong Sung Kim, and Seong-Deok Kim.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Korean J Anesthesiol. 2010 Aug 1; 59 (2): 123-6.
AbstractTension pneumothorax during ventilating bronchoscopy for foreign body removal is a rare but life-threatening complication. The authors present a case of cardiac arrest caused by tension pneumothorax in a 9-month-old girl who underwent ventilating bronchoscopy for foreign body (peanut) removal. Tension pneumothorax was due to tracheobronchial lacerations caused by a bronchoscope. The patient was successfully resuscitated by cardiopulmonary resuscitation and chest tube insertion. The airway injury was effectively repaired by thoracotomy under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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