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Gastric rupture following bag-valve-mask ventilation

Alan Jon Smally1, Michael Jordan Ross, Chad Peter Huot

  • 1Division of Emergency Medicine, Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5037, USA.

Summary

Bag-valve-mask ventilation is a safe method for oxygenating patients. A rare complication, gastric rupture with pneumoperitoneum, requires prompt recognition and surgical intervention to prevent severe outcomes.

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