Post Traumatic Gastro Thorax as a Rare Cause of Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Arvin Soyjaudah; Lucas Theuil; Nicolas Jacques

doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0424.v1

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Post Traumatic Gastro Thorax as a Rare Cause of Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Arvin Soyjaudah,Lucas Theuil,Nicolas Jacques^*

Submitted:

26 July 2022

Posted:

27 July 2022

You are already at the latest version

Abstract

Traumatic cardiac arrest has a high mortality. We report the case of a 65 years old women who presented a cardiac arrest following traffic accident. Examinations concluded to a tension gastro thorax with a delayed diagnosis. Naso gastric tube insertion was for many authors a temporary care while waiting for surgery. We report on the diagnostic difficulties found in the literature and a recent review of published cases.

Keywords:

Traumatic cardiac arrest

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gastrothorax

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diaphragmatic rupture

;

diaphragmatic hernia

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localized tamponade

Subject:

Medicine and Pharmacology - Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

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