Watkins Scott C, McCarver Lewis, Vanbebber Alicia, Bichell David P
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, N 37232, USA.
Case Rep Anesthesiol. 2012;2012:208430. doi: 10.1155/2012/208430. Epub 2012 Jan 19.
Gas emboli, including venous and arterial, are a rare but important complication of pediatric cardiac surgery. They have the potential to have devastating consequences and require prompt recognition and treatment. We present a case of gas embolism occurring in the immediate postoperative period in an infant with cyanotic congenital heart disease after palliative cardiac surgery resulting in cardiopulmonary arrest. The embolism was diagnosed by visualization of air within the vessel creating an airlock and occluding pulmonary blood flow.
气体栓塞,包括静脉和动脉气体栓塞,是小儿心脏手术中一种罕见但重要的并发症。它们有可能造成毁灭性后果,需要及时识别和治疗。我们报告一例患有青紫型先天性心脏病的婴儿在姑息性心脏手术后即刻发生气体栓塞导致心肺骤停的病例。通过观察血管内形成气栓并阻塞肺血流的空气来诊断栓塞。