RESPIRATORY-ACIDOSIS AND SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
PEARCE DJ
Citation
Dj. Pearce, RESPIRATORY-ACIDOSIS AND SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 41(4), 1994, pp. 314-316
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Canadian journal of anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0832610X
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
314 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0832-610X(1994)41:4<314:RASEDL>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A case is presented of a healthy 69-yr-old woman who underwent electiv e laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia. As surgery p roceeded she developed hypercapnia (arterial blood PaCO2 = 100 mmHg) a nd a related respiratory acidosis (arterial blood pH 707). The cause w as attributed to subcutaneous insufflation and absorption of CO2, dire ctly related to the surgical pneumoperitoneum.