Cardiac Arrest Caused by an Acute Intrathoracic Gastric Volvulus Treated With Percutaneous Gastrostomy.

Ter Avest, Ewoud; Kamphuis, Denice D; Sprakel, Joost; Witteveen, Hester; Hannivoort, Laura N · Ann Emerg Med · 2021

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, one of the first priorities after establishing basic and advanced life support is to identify the cause of the arrest. We present a rare case of cardiac arrest due to a decreased venous return from mediastinal shift caused by a paraesophageal hernia with an incarcerated thoracic gastric volvulus, which was treated by percutaneous gastrostomy.

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