Intraoperative hypoxemia from compression of the right pulmonary artery caused by a sternal retractor.
Onwere
Joyce L
JL
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. onwerej@upmc.edu
Spackman
Thomas N
TN
Click
Roger L
RL
D003250:Constriction; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013249:Sternum; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*