Acute Tension Pneumothorax Following Cardiac Herniation after Pneumonectomy

A tension pneumothorax is one of the main causes of cardiac arrest in the initial postoperative period after thoracic surgery. Tension pneumothorax and cardiac herniation must be taken into account in hemodynamically unstable patients after pneumonectomy. We report an unusual case of successful trea...

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Main Authors: Daniel Steinmann, Eva Rohr, Andreas Kirschbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/213818
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description A tension pneumothorax is one of the main causes of cardiac arrest in the initial postoperative period after thoracic surgery. Tension pneumothorax and cardiac herniation must be taken into account in hemodynamically unstable patients after pneumonectomy. We report an unusual case of successful treatment of acute tension pneumothorax following cardiac herniation and intrathoracic bleeding after pneumonectomy.
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spelling doaj-art-d247d7dfc86447d8a4e54dc93078924c2025-08-20T02:19:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/213818213818Acute Tension Pneumothorax Following Cardiac Herniation after PneumonectomyDaniel Steinmann0Eva Rohr1Andreas Kirschbaum2Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, GermanyA tension pneumothorax is one of the main causes of cardiac arrest in the initial postoperative period after thoracic surgery. Tension pneumothorax and cardiac herniation must be taken into account in hemodynamically unstable patients after pneumonectomy. We report an unusual case of successful treatment of acute tension pneumothorax following cardiac herniation and intrathoracic bleeding after pneumonectomy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/213818
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title_short Acute Tension Pneumothorax Following Cardiac Herniation after Pneumonectomy
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