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Delayed Arterial Bleed After Pulmonary Lobectomy.

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Liu, J; Leiman, ER
Published in: J Emerg Med
May 2023

BACKGROUND: Postlobectomy hemorrhage is rare. The majority of the bleeding happens early after surgery, with the median time to reoperation being 17 hours. CASE REPORT: A 64-year-old man with a lung nodule underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery right upper lobectomy 3 weeks prior and presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute-onset chest pain and shortness of breath in the setting of delayed hemothorax from acute intercostal artery bleeding. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: The vast majority of the patients presenting to the ED with a hemothorax have a known history of trauma. It is important for emergency physicians to consider and recognize hemothorax in nontraumatic patients, especially those who underwent recent lung surgeries. Delayed postoperative hemorrhage is rare but possible, and can be life threatening.

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Published In

J Emerg Med

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ISSN

0736-4679

Publication Date

May 2023

Volume

64

Issue

5

Start / End Page

635 / 637

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Hemothorax
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Chest Pain
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Liu, J., & Leiman, E. R. (2023). Delayed Arterial Bleed After Pulmonary Lobectomy. J Emerg Med, 64(5), 635–637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.02.002
Liu, Jennifer, and Erin R. Leiman. “Delayed Arterial Bleed After Pulmonary Lobectomy.J Emerg Med 64, no. 5 (May 2023): 635–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.02.002.
Liu J, Leiman ER. Delayed Arterial Bleed After Pulmonary Lobectomy. J Emerg Med. 2023 May;64(5):635–7.
Liu, Jennifer, and Erin R. Leiman. “Delayed Arterial Bleed After Pulmonary Lobectomy.J Emerg Med, vol. 64, no. 5, May 2023, pp. 635–37. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.02.002.
Liu J, Leiman ER. Delayed Arterial Bleed After Pulmonary Lobectomy. J Emerg Med. 2023 May;64(5):635–637.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Emerg Med

DOI

ISSN

0736-4679

Publication Date

May 2023

Volume

64

Issue

5

Start / End Page

635 / 637

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Hemothorax
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Chest Pain
  • 3202 Clinical sciences