title: Anesthetic management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation--case report and literature review.
abstract: The incidence of esophageal perforation may be increasing as endoscopic procedures are becoming a standard diagnostic technique. Other situations such as vomiting, infection, malignancies may also be associated with esophageal rupture. Presenting symptoms may be non specific but delay in accurate diagnosis carries a high morbidity and mortality. Anesthetic management is critical to survival. A case of esophageal rupture and its management is presented along with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Anesthesiology, UCLA-Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA., USA.
authors.forename: Peregrina L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Arciaga
authors.forename: Adejare
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Windokun
authors.forename: Wenonah
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Elizabeth A M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Frost
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000758:Anesthesia; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D015505:Chest Tubes; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D013908:Thoracotomy