title: Boerhaave's syndrome after postoperative vomiting.
abstract: Postoperative nausea and vomiting are common after general anesthesia but rarely produce life-threatening conditions. We report a case of postoperative vomiting complicated by esophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). As this complication is quite rare and can have varied and atypical presentations, anesthesiologists may fail to consider this diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report a case of postoperative vomiting complicated by esophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). As this complication is quite rare, anesthesiologists may fail to consider this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and †Urology, Toulouse University Hospitals, France.
authors.forename: Fouad N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Atallah
authors.forename: Béatrice M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Riu
authors.forename: Luc B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Philippe O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Seguin
authors.forename: Olivier A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Fourcade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005306:Fertilization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed