[Central venous air embolism in an artificially respirated premature infant with respiratory distress syndrome].
We report a 935 g 27 weeks gestational age male infant born to a 30 year old mother on chronic intermittent hemodialysis for three years prior to the pregnancy. Immediately after birth the infant presented with severe respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation. Chest x-ray showed severe hyaline membrane disease with interstitial emphysema. The infant developed a left tension pneumothorax and systemic air embolism of the right heart, the inferior and superior vena cava and the hepatic vein, from which it subsequently died about 12 h later.
D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
Zentral-venöse Luftembolie bei einem beatmeten Frühgeborenen mit Atemnotsyndrom.