Table 5 Details of P&S&A Events
Categories | n | Clinical manifestation | Treatment | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac arrest | 6 | Cardiac arrest secondary to operation-induced arrhythmia, pulmonary infarction or mediastinal shift | CPR | 1 death 5 survivals |
Hypoxemia | 3 | Dyspnoea and convulsions during tracheotomy for a patient with tracheal stenosis after thyroid cancer chemotherapy | Emergency cardiopulmonary bypass | Survival |
Worsening arrhythmia | 2 | Bradycardia and AVB I progressing to AVB III upon entering the operating room | Operation cancelled Pacemaker implanted | Survival |
Re-expansion of pulmonary oedema | 3 | Onset of right-side pulmonary oedema in the PACU after VATS of the right pneumothorax, chest X-ray confirmed | Re-intubation with a double-lumen tube and ventilation with PEEP for 1 day | Survival |
Airway injury | 2 | Membranous tracheal injury 24 cm from the incisors and mediastinal emphysema during an oesophagectomy | Tracheal tube maintained at 26 cm from the incisors; extubation 5 days later | Survival |