Garg Sunil Kumar, Garg Pragya, Anchan Nidhi, Jaiswal Ashish
Department of Critical Care Medicine, NMC Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;21(9):607-609. doi: 10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_108_17.
Iatrogenic pneumothorax refers to the pneumothorax generated after diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. We report the case of a 40-year-old male who had bilateral simultaneous iatrogenic pneumothorax with pneumomediastinum leading to cardiac arrest situation, due to wrong placement of nebulization kit in spontaneously breathing intubated patient. We report this case for its rarity, due to the critical importance of this cause as a etiology of bilateral simultaneous iatrogenic pneumothorax leading to cardiac arrest situation, and need to understand the importance of continuous training and stress of emergency environment.
医源性气胸是指在诊断或治疗过程后产生的气胸。我们报告一例40岁男性病例,该患者在自主呼吸插管患者中因雾化套件放置错误,出现双侧同时性医源性气胸并伴有纵隔气肿,导致心脏骤停。我们报告此病例是因其罕见性,以及该病因作为双侧同时性医源性气胸导致心脏骤停情况的病因的至关重要性,同时也需要认识到持续培训和强调紧急环境的重要性。