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CASE REPORT article

Front. Anesthesiol.
Sec. Perioperative Medicine
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fanes.2024.1490270
This article is part of the Research Topic Advancements and Challenges in Perioperative Medicine: 2023 View all 6 articles

Immediate Postoperative Cardiac Tamponade Following Robotic Lung Resection Surgery: A Case Report

Provisionally accepted
Kathryn Michelle Jan Kathryn Michelle Jan *Anthony Quang Dao Anthony Quang Dao Ravi Joshi Ravi Joshi Sreekanth Cheruku Sreekanth Cheruku Suzanne Dellaria Suzanne Dellaria Kunal Karamchandani Kunal Karamchandani
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States

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    Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening emergency requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment to prevent mortality. Development of cardiac tamponade following non-cardiac surgery is rare, and diagnosis may often be overlooked due to low suspicion. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important tool in the perioperative physician’s armamentarium. We describe the development of cardiac tamponade following an initially uneventful robotic lung resection surgery and its prompt detection using POCUS. This case highlights the importance of utilizing bedside POCUS during medical emergencies in the immediate postoperative period. We also make an argument for perioperative care management by POCUS-trained physicians.

    Keywords: Cardiac Tamponade, point-of-care ultrasound, Cardiac anesthesiology, Postoperative management, case report

    Received: 02 Sep 2024; Accepted: 13 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Jan, Dao, Joshi, Cheruku, Dellaria and Karamchandani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Kathryn Michelle Jan, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States

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