BACKGROUND: Barogenic rupture of the stomach is a rare cause of acute perforated abdomen generally treated by laparotomy and primary wound suture. The lesion of gastric mucosa may occur during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 9 to 12% of cases. CASE REPORT: Woman was intubated in the fifth day of delivery due to nosocomial pneumonia. She underwent to abdominal distension associated to septic shock signs after the procedure. The abdominal X-ray showed pneumoperitoneum. She was submitted to laparotomy and a 7 cm rupture in the gastric small curvature was found. The lesion was treated by primary suture. The patient was discharged 14 days after the surgery, in the ending of pneumonia treatment. CONCLUSION: Besides rare, barogenic gastric rupture must be inquired when after cardiopulmonary resuscitation the patient presents abdominal distension ovenproof to nasogastric tube.
Barotrauma; Stomach Rupture
