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- Handbook of Critical Incidents and Essential Topics in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Handbook of Critical Incidents and Essential Topics in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Legal disclaimer
- Section 1 Critical incidents
- 1 Crisis management
- Part A Airway/Pulmonary
- 2 Airway fire
- 3 Airway foreign body
- 4 Bronchospasm
- 5 Difficult airway
- 6 Difficult ventilation
- 7 Hemoptysis
- 8 Hypercarbia
- 9 Hypocarbia
- 10 Hypoxemia
- 11 Increased peak airway pressures
- 12 Laryngospasm
- 13 Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents
- 14 Stridor
- 15 Tension pneumothorax
- 16 Respiratory acidosis
- 17 Respiratory alkalosis
- 18 Upper airway obstruction
- Part B Cardiac
- Part C Metabolic
- Part D Neurologic
- Part E Equipment
- Part F Hematology
- Part G Renal
- Section 2 Essential topics
- Index
15 - Tension pneumothorax
from Part A - Airway/Pulmonary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Handbook of Critical Incidents and Essential Topics in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Handbook of Critical Incidents and Essential Topics in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Legal disclaimer
- Section 1 Critical incidents
- 1 Crisis management
- Part A Airway/Pulmonary
- 2 Airway fire
- 3 Airway foreign body
- 4 Bronchospasm
- 5 Difficult airway
- 6 Difficult ventilation
- 7 Hemoptysis
- 8 Hypercarbia
- 9 Hypocarbia
- 10 Hypoxemia
- 11 Increased peak airway pressures
- 12 Laryngospasm
- 13 Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents
- 14 Stridor
- 15 Tension pneumothorax
- 16 Respiratory acidosis
- 17 Respiratory alkalosis
- 18 Upper airway obstruction
- Part B Cardiac
- Part C Metabolic
- Part D Neurologic
- Part E Equipment
- Part F Hematology
- Part G Renal
- Section 2 Essential topics
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014