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Intraoperative cardiac arrest after unrecognized dynamic hyperinflation
P S Myles1, H Madder, E B Morgan
1Department of Anaesthesia, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report a case of intraoperative dynamic hyperinflation ("gas trapping") which led to cardiac arrest, with electromechanical dissociation. The features of this poorly recognized phenomenon are described.