An Unexpected Case of Intrapartum Pneumomediastinum

The dyad of spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema is collectively known as Hamman's syndrome. This rare complication is known to occur during the intrapartum period and its aetiology has been linked to the Valsalva maneuver in the second stage of labour. Nitrous oxide inhalat...

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Autores principales: Madhok, Drishti, Smith, Vinayak, Gunderson, Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4093768
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description The dyad of spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema is collectively known as Hamman's syndrome. This rare complication is known to occur during the intrapartum period and its aetiology has been linked to the Valsalva maneuver in the second stage of labour. Nitrous oxide inhalation increases the risk. We present the case of a 21-year-old healthy woman who experienced these symptoms after nitrous oxide inhalation during the second stage of labour.
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spelling pubmed-65302002019-06-16 An Unexpected Case of Intrapartum Pneumomediastinum Madhok, Drishti Smith, Vinayak Gunderson, Erik Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report The dyad of spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema is collectively known as Hamman's syndrome. This rare complication is known to occur during the intrapartum period and its aetiology has been linked to the Valsalva maneuver in the second stage of labour. Nitrous oxide inhalation increases the risk. We present the case of a 21-year-old healthy woman who experienced these symptoms after nitrous oxide inhalation during the second stage of labour. Hindawi 2019-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6530200/ /pubmed/31205793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4093768 Text en Copyright © 2019 Drishti Madhok et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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