Lung Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Unexpected Hypoxemia during Anesthesia

This is a case report showing acute hypoxemia during anesthesia. Immediate differentiation using lung POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound), in addition to physical examination and portable chest radiography, was made. This is the first case report of sputum impaction due to pneumonia causing hypoxemia t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wang, Jui-Ting, Su, I-Min, Luk, Hsiang-Ning, Tsai, Phil B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946452
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121727
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Sumario:This is a case report showing acute hypoxemia during anesthesia. Immediate differentiation using lung POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound), in addition to physical examination and portable chest radiography, was made. This is the first case report of sputum impaction due to pneumonia causing hypoxemia that has been detected by lung POCUS during anesthesia.

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