Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Auinger, D.
Post-resuscitation pneumothorax – an underestimated complication?
Doktoratsstudium der Medizinischen Wissenschaft; Humanmedizin; [ Dissertation ] Medizinische Universität Graz; 2025. pp.
- Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz:
- Betreuer*innen:
- Heschl Stefan
- Prause Gerhard
- Smolle-Juettner Freyja-Maria
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- Abstract:
- Pneumothorax can arise as an adverse effect of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and could pose a potentially life-threatening complication. In two separate study projects we sought to investigate the incidence of pneumothorax both in clinical patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and cadavers embalmed by the Thiel method undergoing simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Moreover, in the clinical study the identification of possible risk factors for development of pneumothorax following CPR and its association with outcomes were of particular interest.