Acute tension pneumothorax following cardiac herniation after pneumonectomy.
A tension pneumothorax is one of the main causes of cardiac arrest in the initial postoperative period after thoracic surgery. Tension pneumothorax and cardiac herniation must be taken into account in hemodynamically unstable patients after pneumonectomy. We report an unusual case of successful treatment of acute tension pneumothorax following cardiac herniation and intrathoracic bleeding after pneumonectomy.
Steinmann
Daniel
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Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Rohr
Eva
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Kirschbaum
Andreas
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