Journal article
Acute gastric dilatation causing fatal outcome in a young female with eating disorder -a case report
Korean journal of anesthesiology, Vol.68(2), pp.188-192
04/01/2015
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2015.68.2.188
PMCID: PMC4384409
PMID: 25844140
Abstract
A 21-year-old female with a history of bulimia nervosa came to the emergency room due to severe abdominal pain after excessive eating five hours previously. On arrival at the emergency room, extreme abdominal distension was detected and the patient's legs changed color. Computed tomography suggested severe gastric dilatation, so abdominal compartment syndrome was suspected and an emergent laparotomy was supposed to be conducted. Though anesthesia was induced without event, abrupt hemodynamic collapse developed just after the operation started. In spite of active resuscitation for 29 min, the patient did not recover and expired. As the incidence of eating disorders is increasing, anesthesiologists should keep in mind the possibility of abdominal compartment syndrome in patients with a recent history of binge eating, and prepare optimal anesthetic and resuscitation remedies against sudden deteriorations of a patient's condition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Acute gastric dilatation causing fatal outcome in a young female with eating disorder -a case report
- Creators
- Seung-Mok Youm - Yonsei UniversityJi Young Kim - Yonsei UniversityJeong Rim Lee - Yonsei University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Korean journal of anesthesiology, Vol.68(2), pp.188-192
- DOI
- 10.4097/kjae.2015.68.2.188
- PMID
- 25844140
- PMCID
- PMC4384409
- NLM abbreviation
- Korean J Anesthesiol
- ISSN
- 2005-6419
- eISSN
- 2005-7563
- Publisher
- Korean Soc Anesthesiologists
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984806510802771
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