Bramley D, Dowd H, Muwanga C
Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Emerg Med J. 2005 Dec;22(12):919-20. doi: 10.1136/emj.2004.019562.
Empyema is a well recognised complication of pneumonia.1 We report a case of pulseless electrical activity (PEA) treated in the emergency department (ED) with intercostal tube drainage based on clinical findings, where a tension empyema was found to be the cause. To our knowledge, this is the first report of actual cardiac arrest from this cause.
脓胸是肺炎一种公认的并发症。1我们报告一例在急诊科(ED)基于临床表现采用肋间置管引流治疗的无脉电活动(PEA)病例,发现其病因是张力性脓胸。据我们所知,这是首例由该病因导致实际心脏骤停的报告。