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MORAES, Paulo Hemerson de; SATO, Fábio Ricardo Loureiro; ASPRINO, Luciana  e  MOREIRA, Roger William Fernandes. Pulmonary barotrauma during general anesthesia for facial trauma surgical procedure. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2010, vol.10, n.2, pp. 13-17. ISSN 1808-5210.

One of the possible injuries that may affect the patient during general anesthesia is known as barotrauma, which originates from a hypertension pneumothorax. This type of trauma may represent a serious risk to the patient if it is not promptly identified and treated. In view of this, the aim of this article is to report a case of hypertension pneumothorax, its diagnosis and treatment, as well to review the literature on this subject.

Palavras-chave : Barotrauma; Artificial Pneumothorax.