Is intraoperative endoscopy safe in a child with Kasai procedure?

We report a case of venous air embolism which occurred during intraoperative endoscopy in a five-year-old boy who had undergone Kasai procedure in his infancy. The child had a cardiac arrest during the procedure from which he could not be resuscitated. The awareness about this complication would all...

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Autores principales: Pujari, Vinayak S, Thomas, Mathews K, Bevinaguddaiah, Yatish, Anandaswamy, Tejesh C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23225935
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.101943
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Sumario:We report a case of venous air embolism which occurred during intraoperative endoscopy in a five-year-old boy who had undergone Kasai procedure in his infancy. The child had a cardiac arrest during the procedure from which he could not be resuscitated. The awareness about this complication would allow rapid diagnosis, which is vital to provide specific treatment and prevent fatal outcome.

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