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Acta Clin Belg
; 71(4): 258-62, 2016 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27144913
RESUMO
OBJECTIVES: It is known that tension pneumoperitoneum (TPP) can lead to cardiopulmonary arrest but it does not figure in the advanced life support algorithms. Therefore we discuss a case of TPP together with the literature review of its aetiology and treatment. PATIENT: We describe an out of hospital cardiac arrest due to a spontaneous TPP secondary to a perforated duodenal ulcer. CONCLUSION: Emergency personnel should consider the possibility of TPP in a patient with a distended abdomen and a cardiac arrest, even in the absence of known traumatic and iatrogenic causes for TPP. We believe that TPP should be added as a reversible cause for pulseless electrical activity in the resuscitation guidelines.