Survival case of acute and severe respiratory distress due to spontaneous tension gastrothorax.
BMJ Case Rep
; 13(9)2020 Sep 13.
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| ID: mdl-32928819
A 20-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and shortness of breath. She was in obstructive shock with absent breath sounds on the left haemithorax. Chest X-ray showed a large radiolucent shadow with absent lung markings and mediastinal shift to the right side with concerns for tension pneumothorax. Though tube thoracostomy was done on the left side of the chest, column movement was absent. To confirm the diagnosis CT with contrast was done that revealed a huge left side diaphragmatic defect with abdominal contents in the thorax and mediastinal structures are shifted to left. She underwent emergency laparotomy and postoperative period was uneventful.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síndrome de Dificultad Respiratoria
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Resucitación
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Diafragma
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Herniorrafia
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Hernia Diafragmática
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
Revista:
BMJ Case Rep
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido