The use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in a pregnant woman with a ruptured splenic aneurysm and haemorrhagic shock: A case report

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
² Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
³ Department of Surgery, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Department Gynaecology and Obstetrics, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁵ Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital services, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

Case Reports

Marte Irene Skille Carlsen et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;67(2):230-232.

doi: 10.1111/aas.14172. Epub 2022 Nov 16.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
² Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
³ Department of Surgery, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Department Gynaecology and Obstetrics, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁵ Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital services, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

No abstract available

Keywords: REBOA; haemorrhagic shock; hyperkalaemia; massive transfusion; pregnancy; splenic artery aneurism.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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