title: Barotrauma developed during intra-hospital transfer -A case report-.
abstract: A 74-year-old male patient receiving ventilatory support due to aspiration pneumonia developed bilateral pneumothorax, pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum, pneumo-retroperitoneum, and subcutaneous emphysema, after manual ventilation while being transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the operating room (OR). These complications were assumed to be secondary to inappropriate manual ventilation of the intubated patient. In addition, it is likely that the possible migration of an already marginally acceptable endotracheal tube (ETT) position during transport was the cause of these complications. Finally, aggravation of a latent pneumothorax might have contributed to these complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Bun
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Jae Myeong
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyong Shil
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Duk Joo
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim