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Pneumopericardium associated with high-frequency jet ventilation during laser surgery of the hypopharynx in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

S. Mikkelsen  and
K. E. Knudsen
S. Mikkelsen
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
K. E. Knudsen
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Abstract

A case of pneumopericardium, without concomitant pneumothorax, resulting from high frequency jet ventilation during laser surgery of the hypopharynx is described. The patient, a four-year-old boy, suffered cardiac arrest as a consequence of the incident. The pneumopericardium was likely to have been caused by obstruction to the expiratory flow during surgery. Other possible explanations for the incident are discussed.

Keywords

high frequency jet ventilationpneumopericardiumlaser surgery
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , November 1997 , pp. 659 - 661
Copyright
1997 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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