INTRAOPERATIVE CARDIAC-ARREST AFTER UNRECOGNIZED DYNAMIC HYPERINFLATION

Authors
MYLES PS MADDER H MORGAN EB
Citation
Ps. Myles et al., INTRAOPERATIVE CARDIAC-ARREST AFTER UNRECOGNIZED DYNAMIC HYPERINFLATION, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 74(3), 1995, pp. 340-342
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
74
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
340 - 342
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1995)74:3<340:ICAUDH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We report a case of intraoperative dynamic hyperinflation (''gas trapp ing'') which led to cardiac arrest, with electromechanical dissociatio n. The features of this poorly recognized phenomenon are described.