Life threatening tension pneumothorax during cardiac surgery. A case report

Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that occurs when the intrapleural pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure. It requires prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment. Tension pneumothorax developing postoperatively after cardiac surgery is not uncommon but occurrence in the operating ro...

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Autores principales: Jain, A, Arora, D, Juneja, R, Mehta, Y, Trehan, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDIMES Edizioni Internazionali Srl 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25279363
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description Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that occurs when the intrapleural pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure. It requires prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment. Tension pneumothorax developing postoperatively after cardiac surgery is not uncommon but occurrence in the operating room during cardiac surgery is rare. We report a case of tension pneumothorax intraoperatively during off pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
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spelling pubmed-41812822014-10-02 Life threatening tension pneumothorax during cardiac surgery. A case report Jain, A Arora, D Juneja, R Mehta, Y Trehan, N Heart Lung Vessel Case-Report Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that occurs when the intrapleural pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure. It requires prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment. Tension pneumothorax developing postoperatively after cardiac surgery is not uncommon but occurrence in the operating room during cardiac surgery is rare. We report a case of tension pneumothorax intraoperatively during off pump coronary artery bypass grafting. EDIMES Edizioni Internazionali Srl 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4181282/ /pubmed/25279363 Text en Copyright © 2014, Heart, Lung and Vessels http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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