Whether blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) results from intrathoracic pressure fluctuations or direct cardiac compression remains controversial. From modeling considerations, blood flow due to intrathoracic pressure fluctuations should be insensitive to compression rate over a wide range, but dependent on the applied force and compression duration. If direct compression of th...

Fracture-dislocation of the humeral head into the thoracic cavity is a rare injury. We present one such case in a 70-year-old woman. She presented with a 4-part fracture-dislocation of the proximal humerus, with displacement of the humeral head into the thoracic cavity. She had no signs of acute distress or hemodynamic instability. She underwent hemiarthroplasty of the right shoulder, but the h...

Emine DAĞISTAN1 Abdullah Yüksel BARUT2 Yeşim KARAGÖZ3 Neslihan FENER4 Arzu CANAN5 Betül KIZILDAĞ1 1 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey 1 Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Bolu, Türkiye 2 Health Sciences Institude, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey 2 İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bili...

Shoulder fracture-dislocations are uncommon. Those associated with intrathoracic dislocation are very rare conditions, resulting from high-energy trauma; usually, the affected limb is in an abduction position. In Brazil, there is only one report of a teenager with displacement of the epiphysis into the chest cavity; the present is the first adult patient report of intrathoracic dislocation of t...

A 36-year-old multigravida, G2P1, underwent routine ultrasound scan at 22+1 weeks of gestation, which revealed a single normally growing fetus with left intrathoracic mass and left displacement of the cardiac apex. The left intrathoracic wedge-shaped hyperechogenic mass, measuring 32 x 25 mm in size, was situated at the lower portion of the left lung. A combination of color and power Doppler ul...

PURPOSE To report the anesthetic management of a parturient with a large intrathoracic tumour, presenting for Cesarean section. CLINICAL FEATURES A 28-yr-old parturient, gravida 1, presented at 33 weeks gestation with a one month history of increasing cough and dyspnea. A computed tomography scan demonstrated a large mass filling the right hemothorax, causing mediastinal displacement to the l...

Thyroidectomy is the treatment of choice in patients with thyroid enlargement complicated by compression or displacement of the trachea because of the risk of complete airway obstruction due to sudden enlargement of the goitre by, for example, haemorrhage. In patients who are medically inoperable an endoscopically inserted tracheal endoprosthesis may provide longstanding airway patency, as repo...

Background: Intrathoracic displacement of a humeral head fracture is extremely rare. Only slightly more than 30 cases have been reported in this regard. Since few reported, there no consensus on how to treat injury. The etiology, injury mechanism, related lesions, and treatment the are diverse. Case presentation: A 73-year-old female presented with multiple fractures left ribs, bilateral lung c...