Emergency treatment of life-threatening spontaneous haematopneumothorax
| Autor: | W Vincken, W. Verhaeghe, B van de Maele, Marc Meysman, R Sacre, A Vanhulle |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Lung business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Pain Adhesion (medicine) Emergency treatment medicine.disease Surgery Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Thoracotomy Suture (anatomy) Emergency Medicine medicine Humans Medical emergency Hemopneumothorax business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 3:274-276 |
| ISSN: | 0969-9546 |
| Popis: | We report two cases of spontaneous life-threatening haemopneumothorax, successfully treated by early thoracotomy. In the first patient no source of bleeding could be identified. The second patient presented bleeding from a torn vascular adhesion at the apex of the lung. The first patient benefited from early clot evacuation and in the second patient the bleeding could be controlled by electrocautery and a single suture of the bleeding vessel. These cases stress the need for early recognition and management of a potentially life-threatening event. |
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