Cardiomediastinal tamponade and shock following three-stage transthoracic oesophagectomy.
J Postgrad Med
; 2001 Jul-Sep; 47(3): 185-7
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ABSTRACT
Massive gastric tube dilatation causing cardiomediastinal tamponade is an unusual cause of obstructive shock after transthoracic oesophagectomy. A 55-year-old female was operated for total transthoracic oesophagectomy. Twelve hours after the surgery, she developed hypotension and raised central venous pressure unresponsive to fluid infusion and ionotropes. X-ray chest showed a massively dilated stomach, which was causing intrathoracic tamponade. Suction applied to the nasogastric tube led to aspiration of 150-200 ml of fluid and a large volume of air, which led to resolution of the haemodynamic instability. A simple manoeuvre like nasogastric suction in postoperative case of oesophagectomy can serve as a diagnostic as well as therapeutic tool. It must be performed before resorting to invasive and expensive examination or intervention.
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Sucção
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Pressão Sanguínea
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Neoplasias Esofágicas
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Tamponamento Cardíaco
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Esofagectomia
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Diagnostic_studies
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En
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J Postgrad Med
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Article