title: A 21-year-old woman with mediastinal mass and cardiac arrest.
abstract: Mediastinal mass syndrome (MMS) is a devastating respiratory and haemodynamic condition that might be encountered postintubation if special precautions are not carefully undertaken. We describe a case of MMS in a 21-year-old woman with a fatal outcome following emergency intubation for acute respiratory failure.
authors.affiliation: Adult Critical Care Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Sanouri
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shaban
authors.forename: Maie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Shahid
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdulaziz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult