Table 2 Details of events related to the patients’ pathogenic conditions
Operation | Clinical manifestation | Causes | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
Right lower lobectomy | Left bronchus bleeding after endotracheal intubation with a F32 double lumen tube | Upper left lobe bronchiectasis | Fibreoptic bronchoscopy, operation postponed until 12 days later |
Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphnode biopsy | Arrhythmia (frequent premature ventricular with different QRS wave directions and tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome) | Hypoglycaemia 2.3 mmol/L | Arrhythmia relieved after the infusion of glucose |
Right lower lobectomy | Limb twitching and spasms, atrial ectopic beat, and hyperpnoea and hypertension after ondansetron injection | Rare adverse drug reaction | Oxygen inhalation, midazolam 2 mg, amiodarone 150 mg |
Pneumonectomy of right lung cancer | Hypotension and tachycardia after the administration of hydroxyethyl starch | Hydroxyethyl starch allergy | Stopped hydroxyethyl starch infusion, dilation with crystal solution, low-dose epinephrine |
Pneumonectomy of destroyed right lung | Hypotension, chemosis and high airway pressure after blood transfusion | Transfusion reaction | Stopped blood transfusion and added infusion of low-dose epinephrine |