A Case Report of Tension Pneumopericardium Following Blunt Chest Trauma / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 803-806, 2009.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-183038
ABSTRACT
A 49-year-old man visited our hospital via the emergency room. He had suffered chest trauma by falling down. His chest X-Ray showed pneumomediastinum with pneumopericardium. We checked the Chest CT, and it showed pneumopericardium without any injury to the other organs, the compressed heart and a minimal pneumothorax on the left hemithorax. Closed thoracostomy was then done under local anesthesia. We then performed open pericardiostomy under general anesthesia. We got a good result and so we report on this case.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pericardium
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Pneumopericardium
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Pneumothorax
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Thorax
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Thoracostomy
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Pericardial Window Techniques
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Emergencies
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Heart
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Anesthesia, General
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Anesthesia, Local
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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