Mediastinal emphysema following extradural analgesia in a ventilated patient.
A case of mediastinal emphysema developing in a patient under general anaesthesia supplemented with epidural analgesia is described. A possible cause is discussed and its prevention considered.
Yoganathan
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Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, London.
D000388:Air; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial