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Table 2 Laboratory and radiologic findings after return of spontaneous circulation

From: Cardiac arrest associated with pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus after epidural analgesia: two case reports

 

Case 1

Case 2

ABGA

 pH

7.18

7.05

 pCO2 (mmHg)

55.9

51.1

 pO2 (mmHg)

48.2

99.2

 HCO3 (mmol/L)

21.0

14.2

 Base excess (mmol/L)

−6.9

−15.6

 Lactate (mmol/L)

5.6

13.4

WBC (/mm3)

8,700

15,700

Hb (g/dl)

11.2

11.1

Hct (%)

34.4

35.3

PLT (/mm3)

175,000

175,000

Serum Na+/K+/Cl (mEq/L)

140/4.6/107

139/3.2/106

Glucose (mg/dl)

140

516

BUN/creatinine (mg/dl)

18.1/0.75

16.0/0.9

AST/ALT (mg/dl)

24/27

41/26

CRP (mg/dl)

< 0.3

< 0.1

Cardiac troponin I (ng/ml)

< 0.05

< 0.05

NSE (ng/ml)

22.1 (After ROSC)

Not measured

59.8 (After 24 h from ROSC)

 

163.0 (After 48 h from ROSC)

 

RUA

Nonspecific finding

Nonspecific finding

Chest x-ray

Diffuse bronchovascular bundle thickening in both lungs

Cardiomegaly with pulmonary congestion

Electrocardiography

Sinus tachycardia

Sinus tachycardia

Echocardiography

No RWMA

No RWMA

Brain CT

Air in the spinal canal and prepontine cistern

Extensive anoxic brain damage and extensive pneumocephalus

Electroencephalography

Diffuse cerebral dysfunction

Diffuse cerebral dysfunction

DW-MRI

Hypoxic brain injury

Hypoxic brain injury

  1. Abbreviations: ABGA Arterial blood gas analysis, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, CT Computed tomography, CRP C-reactive protein, DW-MRI Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, Hb Hemoglobin, Hct Hematocrit, PLT Platelets, NSE Neuron-specific enolase, ROSC Return of spontaneous circulation, RUA Routine urinalysis, RWMA Regional wall motion abnormality, WBC White blood cell