Pulmonary Embolism after Intubation in General Anesthesia : A Case Report

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 intu...

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Published inOrthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 477 - 480
Main Authors Izawa, Toshiaki, Akune, Hironobu, Arizono, Takeshi, Higashi, Takahiro, Tokuhisa, Toshio, Kouzuma, Masakazu, Yamaguchi, Toru, Matono, Hiroshi, Inokuchi, Takashi, Kobayashi, Kunio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 2003
Subjects
prophylaxis
pulmonary embolism
risk factor
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0037-1033
1349-4333
DOI:10.5035/nishiseisai.52.477