MEDIASTINITIS AND SEPSIS SYNDROME FOLLOWING INTUBATION

Authors
GAMLIN F CALDICOTT LD SHAH MV
Citation
F. Gamlin et al., MEDIASTINITIS AND SEPSIS SYNDROME FOLLOWING INTUBATION, Anaesthesia, 49(10), 1994, pp. 883-885
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
49
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
883 - 885
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1994)49:10<883:MASSFI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A patient developed sepsis syndrome with shock 7 h after an anaestheti c for a shoulder replacement. Tracheal intubation had been difficult a nd required the use of a stylet and gum-elastic bougies. A gastrografi n swallow subsequently demonstrated an oesophageal perforation and med iastinitis was diagnosed at surgical exploration. She survived after a prolonged period of intensive care treatment.