Successful resuscitation after carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopy
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Successful resuscitation after carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopy. / Burcharth, Jakob; Burgdorf, Stefan; Lolle, Ida; Rosenberg, Jacob.
In: Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2012, p. e164-7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Successful resuscitation after carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopy
AU - Burcharth, Jakob
AU - Burgdorf, Stefan
AU - Lolle, Ida
AU - Rosenberg, Jacob
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Venous air embolism (VAE) is a rare life-threatening complication that can occur during laparoscopy. A 50-year-old previously healthy woman underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and liver cyst fenestration. Immediately after the surgeon had left the operating room, the patient became hypotensive and developed cardiac arrest. Resuscitation was initiated and a precordial ultrasound examination suspected VAE in the right cardiac chambers. The patient was positioned in Durant's position and air was aspirated through a central venous line. The patient was resuscitated and stabilized, and was transferred to another hospital, where she received hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The patient was discharged 14 days after surgery without any sequelae. It is important that the general surgeon suspects VAE during laparoscopy whenever the patient develops sudden and unexplained severe hypotension or cardiac arrest during or immediately after laparoscopy.
AB - Venous air embolism (VAE) is a rare life-threatening complication that can occur during laparoscopy. A 50-year-old previously healthy woman underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and liver cyst fenestration. Immediately after the surgeon had left the operating room, the patient became hypotensive and developed cardiac arrest. Resuscitation was initiated and a precordial ultrasound examination suspected VAE in the right cardiac chambers. The patient was positioned in Durant's position and air was aspirated through a central venous line. The patient was resuscitated and stabilized, and was transferred to another hospital, where she received hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The patient was discharged 14 days after surgery without any sequelae. It is important that the general surgeon suspects VAE during laparoscopy whenever the patient develops sudden and unexplained severe hypotension or cardiac arrest during or immediately after laparoscopy.
U2 - 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31825150a9
DO - 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31825150a9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22678344
VL - 22
SP - e164-7
JO - Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
JF - Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
SN - 1530-4515
IS - 3
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