[Case report: acute cardiac arrest 3 days after hemihepatectomy].
We report a patient who presents pulmonary embolism three days after right hemihepatectomy because of colorectal metastasis. During two hours of successful resuscitation 50mg rt-plasminogen-activator are administered. Unfortunately the patient develops bleeding complications: an intraabdominal bleeding needs to be operated twice; intracerebral bleeding is followed by intracerebral edema. After a very prolonged intensive care treatment of 55 days the patient is discharged to a neurologic recreation centre. One year later she is doing fine beside a little cognitive deficit.
König
Susanne
S
Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin der Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum. susanne. koenig@charite.de
Gerlach
Undine
U
von Heymann
Christian
C
D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome