Pulmonary Embolism after Intubation in General Anesthesia: A Case Report

Autor:	Masakazu Kouzuma, Toru Yamaguchi, Toshio Tokuhisa, Hiroshi Matono, Hironobu Akune, Takeshi Arizono, Takashi Inokuchi, Takahiro Higashi, Toshiaki Izawa, Kunio Kobayashi
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Pulmonary embolism Surgery Myelopathy Venous thrombosis Blood pressure Cervical laminoplasty Anesthesia medicine Intubation Complication business Short duration
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 52:477-480
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
DOI:	10.5035/nishiseisai.52.477
Popis:	Pulmonary embolism is a serious complication of surgical intervention. We here report a 68-year-old woman with cervical myelopathy who suffered pulmonary embolism just after intubation before cervical laminoplasty.While receiving cervical laminoplasty, her blood pressure suddenly dropped after intubation in general anesthesia. An immediate CT revealed bilateral pulmonary embolism. She was successfully treated by the anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents. Retrospectively she showed many risk factors of pulmonary embolism, such as long duration in bed, obesity, and deep venous thrombosis. Although pulmonary embolism rarely occurs, careful attention should be paid to this disease especially in the patients with many risk factors.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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