Severe hypoxia following video capsule endoscopy


https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.1.190
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011)
Submitted: 27 August 2011
Accepted: 28 September 2011
Published: 29 September 2011
bronchoscopy, video capsule, aspiration.
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Video capsule endoscopy is generally associated with gastrointestinal complications, but there have been few instances of asymptomatic aspiration. We present a 74-year-old male being evaluated for gastrointestinal bleed. A video capsule was deployed with no acute respiratory symptoms. However, after airway intubation for emergent gastrointestinal surgery, he developed profound hypoxia. The video capsule was found to be completely occluding his left main stem bronchus. Due to a significantly surgically altered airway secondary to previous head and neck carcinoma and the capsule’s difficult size and shape, the capsule was dislodged only through the use of a Fogarty catheter with eventual removal from the oropharynx using forceps.

Adil T. Degani, Medical College of Georgia, GA

Sleep Medicine Fellow

Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center

Caralee J. Forseen, Medical College of Georgia, GA

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Albert S.Y. Chang, Medical College of Georgia, GA

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

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Degani, A. T., Forseen, C. J., & Chang, A. S. (2011). Severe hypoxia following video capsule endoscopy. Chest Disease Reports, 1(1), e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.1.190

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