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A 21-year-old woman with mediastinal mass and cardiac arrest

Summary

Mediastinal mass syndrome (MMS) is a devastating respiratory and haemodynamic condition that might be encountered postintubation if special precautions are not carefully undertaken. We describe a case of MMS in a 21-year-old woman with a fatal outcome following emergency intubation for acute respiratory failure.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-009020

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