End-tidal nitrogen provides an early warning of slow, ongoing, venous air embolism

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1203-1206

  Sprung, Juraj ^a,b   Whalley, David ^a   Schoenwald, Peter K ^a   O'Hara, Patrick J ^a   O'Hara, Jerome ^a  

^a Department of General Anesthesiology ^*

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, venous air; End tidal concentrations: carbon dioxide: nitrogen; Measurement techniques: transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATION; VEINS;

EID: 0029911391     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199611000-00033     Document Type: Article

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