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Anesth Analg 2004;98:1164-1166
© 2004 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000101981.85523.82

OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA

Boerhaave’s Syndrome After Postoperative Vomiting

Fouad N. Atallah, MD*, Béatrice M. Riu, MD*, Luc B. Nguyen, MD*, Philippe O. Seguin, MD{dagger}, and Olivier A. Fourcade, MD*

Departments of *Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and {dagger}Urology, Toulouse University Hospitals, France

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Fouad Atallah, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Urology Unit, Toulouse University Hospitals, 1, Poulhes Ave., 31403 Toulouse cedex 4, France. Address e-mail to atallah.f{at}chu-toulouse.fr

Postoperative nausea and vomiting are common after general anesthesia but rarely produce life-threatening conditions. We report a case of postoperative vomiting complicated by esophageal rupture (Boerhaave’s syn- drome). As this complication is quite rare and can have varied and atypical presentations, anesthesiologists may fail to consider this diagnosis.

IMPLICATIONS: We report a case of postoperative vomiting complicated by esophageal rupture (Boerhaave’s syndrome). As this complication is quite rare, anesthesiologists may fail to consider this diagnosis.




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