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Case Reports
Cardiac Arrest Caused by an Acute Intrathoracic Gastric Volvulus Treated With Percutaneous Gastrostomy.
- Ewoud Ter Avest, Denice D Kamphuis, Joost Sprakel, Hester Witteveen, and Laura N Hannivoort.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen,the Netherlands; Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust, Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom. Electronic address: e.ter.avest@umcg.nl.
- Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Feb 1; 77 (2): 249-252.
AbstractDuring 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.Copyright © 2020 American College of Emergency Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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