Severe complications during the management of a child with late presentation of a diaphragmatic hernia
We report on a 3‐year‐old boy with late presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia who developed cardiac arrest after induction of anaesthesia. The paper discusses the anaesthetic technique, in particular ventilation during and after induction, how these techniques contributed to the complicati...
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Published in | Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 1302 - 1304 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Munksgaard International Publishers
01.11.2003
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Summary: | We report on a 3‐year‐old boy with late presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia who developed cardiac arrest after induction of anaesthesia. The paper discusses the anaesthetic technique, in particular ventilation during and after induction, how these techniques contributed to the complication, and how they might have been avoided. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0001-5172 1399-6576 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1399-6576.2003.00215.x |