1. A case of cardiac arrest due to air embolism during scoliosis surgery
- Author
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Brian Teo Yian Young, Wong Chung Chek, Mohamad Zaki Haji Mohd Amin, Teo Shu Ching, James Tan Boon Beng, and Nur Aida Faruk Seman
- Subjects
Resuscitation ,Supine position ,Computed Tomography Angiography ,Scoliosis ,Venous air embolism ,Air embolism ,Thoracic Vertebrae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,lcsh:Orthopedic surgery ,medicine ,Embolism, Air ,Humans ,Intraoperative Complications ,Collapse (medical) ,030222 orthopedics ,Lumbar Vertebrae ,business.industry ,Cardiorespiratory fitness ,030229 sport sciences ,medicine.disease ,Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ,Scoliosis surgery ,Heart Arrest ,lcsh:RD701-811 ,Spinal Fusion ,Echocardiography ,Anesthesia ,Surgery ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Pulmonary Embolism - Abstract
Cardiac arrest during scoliosis surgery is rare in idiopathic scoliosis. We present a case of cardiorespiratory collapse during corrective surgery in a young patient with idiopathic scoliosis. A diagnosis of venous air embolism was made by exclusion. A cardiorespiratory resuscitation was performed in supine position. Patient recovered without any sequelae and had operation completed 6 weeks later.
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- 2019