Publications by authors named "Naonori Kawashima"
Article Synopsis
- Insertion of a nasogastric tube is frequently used to provide nutrition to patients.
- This procedure can have potential risks and complications.
- One serious complication is that it can lead to vocal cord paralysis.
As an intrathoracic goiter expands, it causes airway stenosis and phrenic nerve paralysis, and slight respiratory stimuli can trigger sudden life-threatening hypoventilation. A 78-year-old obese woman with a large intrathoracic goiter was found unconscious with agonal breathing in her room early in the morning. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation restored spontaneous circulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ventricular septal perforation (VSP) can be caused by a penetrating cardiac injury. Diagnosis of VSP tends to be delayed because a shunt might not be detected by color flow Doppler at an early stage following injury.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with depression was admitted to the emergency center after a knife injury in the chest.