Direct Nail Injury to the Heart Without Functional or Hemodynamic Compromise

Self-inflicted Cardiac Injury with Nail Gun Without Hemodynamic Compromise: A Case Report

Pneumatically powered nail guns have been used in construction since 1959. Penetrating injuries to the heart with nail guns have a wide range of presentations from asymptomatic to cardiac tamponade and exsanguination. Mortality related to cardiac nail gun injuries is similar to knife injuries, estimated at 25%. Surgical exploration is the treatment of choice. We describe a case of self-inflicte...

Emergence cerebral oxygen desaturation without hemodynamic compromise in pediatric patients

BACKGROUND The regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO(2)) decreases significantly during ordinary anesthetic recovery in pediatric patients anesthetized with sevoflurane or desflurane. The present study examined the relationship between rSO(2) and the clinical parameters associated with the degree of anesthetic recovery. METHODS Twelve pediatric patients with American Society of Anesthesiol...

Direct Trauma to the Nail

excision of the pathologic or undesirable tissue by use of sharp instrumentation, or destruction of the pathologic tissue by physical means such as chemicals, freezing, electrogalvanism, burring, or lasering. Currently, the procedures most popular and most regularly performed are chemical. However, laser surgery is gaining popularity because the public currently perceives laser surgery as being...

Trauma or Tumor? The Nail Splay Sign

Hemodynamic compromise secondary to a mediastinal bronchogenic cyst.

Bronchogenic cysts are not commonly the cause of severe symptoms, and often present only as an abnormality on chest roentgenogram. We report an unusual patient with a mediastinal bronchogenic cyst associated with rapid hemodynamic deterioration secondary to compression of vital structures.