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Query: UMLS:C0020440 (
hypercapnia
)
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During CO2 hysteroscopy the intracavitary pressure increases up to 80 mmHg. This can result in a CO2 embolism, especially after injury/lesion of the endometrium. A 49-year-old female Caucasian patient underwent curettage, and the following day while a hysteroscopy was being performed in general anesthesia a CO2 embolism occurred, with bradyarrhythmia, drop of arterial blood pressure,
superior vena cava syndrome
, metallic heartsound and
hypercapnia
. It was possible to achieve recompensation of the right heart failure with drug therapy. Other causes (lung embolism, hypoventilation, increased CO2 production, cardiac causes) could be excluded.
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PMID:[CO2 embolism during hysteroscopy]. 211 Nov 2
