Circulatory collapse during laparoscopy.
This case report details the intraoperative course of a patient, in her early pregnancy, who had a cardiac arrest during transvaginal insufflation of carbon dioxide (CO2) for laparoscopic tubal ligation. Modern monitoring methods and their ability to detect gas embolism and aid in the diagnosis and treatment of this rare but life-threatening complication are discussed.
Ostman
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PL
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, IL.
Pantle-Fisher
F H
FH
Faure
E A
EA
Glosten
B
B
D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007327:Insufflation / Q000009:adverse effects; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012769:Shock / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal
D002245:Carbon Dioxide