Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evidence of Systemic Air Embolism: A Potential Complication during Lung Parenchymal Resectio
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J00-J99- Diseases of the respiratory system
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients in age group of 18 to 60 years of both sexes 2. Patients with ASA I, II and III 3. Patients posted for lung surgery requiring parenchymal resection such as lobectomy, wedge resection, segmentectomy, sleeve resection and pneumonectomy.4. Patients with no contraindications for intraoperative TEE.5.Patients willing to give consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Presence of any intracardiac defect like Patent foramen ovale (PFO), Atrial septal defect (ASD), Ventricular septal defect (VSD) or extracardiac shunt like Patent ductus arteriosus.
2. Patients with difficult intubation.
3. Patients with history of esophageal or stomach surgery.
4. Patients with history of acute upper gastrointestinal bleed.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To detect perioperative incidence of systemic air embolism in patients with lung pathology undergoing parenchymal resection, as observed on transoesophageal echocardiography.Timepoint: Intraoperative procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the severity of systemic air embolism (SAE)Timepoint: Intraoperative procedure;To observe effect of SAE on intraoperative hemodynamic, SpO2, and expired gasses.Timepoint: Intraoperative procedure;To observe effect of SAE on postoperative hemodynamic, breathing, SpO2, vision, neurological dysfunction, recovery, discharge, morbidity and mortality, if any.Timepoint: Postoperative procedure