Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
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ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
Hsiao-Yun Chao
People's Republic of China
Case Report
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Percutaneous Needle Decompression in a Woman with Corrosive Injury
Author(s): Hsiao-Yun Chao, Yi-Ming Weng, Yu-Che Chang, Jih-Chang Chen and Shou-Yen ChenHsiao-Yun Chao, Yi-Ming Weng, Yu-Che Chang, Jih-Chang Chen and Shou-Yen Chen
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) is defined by organ dysfunction caused by intra-abdominal hypertension. Increase in intra-abdominal pressure causes multiple adverse physiologic events and is uniformly fatal if left untreated. We report the case of a 76-year-old woman of pneumoperitoneum due to hydrocholoric acidinduced corrosive injury, leading to ACS with pulseless electrical activity. Emergency needle decompression was done and successfully restored circulation. It reminds possible ACS in patients of pneumoperitoneum and use of percutaneous needle decompression before operation in emergent condition.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000309