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- Title
Central hyperventilation syndrome due to massive pneumocephalus after endoscopic third ventriculostomy.
- Authors
Euiseok Park; Heezoo Kim; Byung Gun Lim; Dong Kyu Lee; Dongik Chung
- Abstract
Pneumocephalus is common after brain surgeries, but usually is not substantial enough to cause serious complications. We recently encountered a case of post-operative tachypnea after an endoscopic 3rd ventriculostomy. At first, we thought that the hyperventilation was the result of residual paralysis after emergence from anesthesia, but during further evaluation we found a massive pneumocephalus. In such unusual post-operative situations, physicians should consider surgeryrelated complications as the possible cause as well, along with the anesthetic factors.
- Subjects
HYPERVENTILATION syndrome; BRAIN surgery; ENDOSCOPY; ANESTHESIA; PARALYSIS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 4, p409
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4097/kjae.2016.69.4.409