| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Tension Pneumothorax during Ventilating Bronchosocpy. |
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Ki Hyuk Hong, Young Jin Lee, Jong Duk Kim, Soon Il Kim, Kang Hee Cho |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Tension pneumothorax is a rare complication during anesthesia and ventilating bronchoscopy. The authors have experienced a case of tension pneumothorax during ventilating bronchoscopy for removal of a foreign body(peanut) in the left mian bronches which caused cardiac arrest in a 22 month old pt. The patients was successfully resuscitated by CPR and closed thoracostomy. Subsequently the foreigh body was removed by bronchotomy. |
| Key Words:
ventilating bronchoscopy; Tension Pneumothorax; Cardiac arrest; Closed thoracostomy |
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