TITLE:
Blunt Abdominal Trauma Combined with Postoperative Atelectasis and Mediastinal Shift: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Suya Zhang, Hongshun Xu, Yubin Kou
KEYWORDS:
BAT, Atelectasis, Mediastinal Shift, Splenectomy, Complication
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
28,
2016
ABSTRACT: Blunt abdominal trauma is a frequent emergency and is also associated
with significant morbidity and mortality. Spleen is the commonest organ
injured. In this study, we meet a special complication after splenectomy, atelectasis
and mediastinal shift, and this is the complication with hemodynamic unstable.
Without bronchoscopy, the patient is told to inspire deeply by blowing balloons
with pressure 8 - 10 cm H2O and recovered uneventfully.