Colonoscopy Aspiration

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A 68-year-old man came to the hospital with abdominal pain and was diagnosed with an SBO from a likely mass in the proximal ascending colon.

Surgery evaluated him and placed an NG tube.

They requested a pre operative colonoscopy.

He was admitted and had a preoperative clearance by a cardiologist for his history of HTN, HLD, DM.

The patient was wheeled to GI for his colonoscopy.

He tolerated the procedure with stable vitals throughout.

The anesthesiologist claims there were some secretions he suctioned, but not emesis.

However, he had documented in the medical record that it was vomit.

He was brought to PACU at 06:04PM.

At 08:05PM he developed tachypnea, hypertension, tachycardia to 130s.

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