Massive gas embolism following lung inflation for thoracic CT scan in a multiple trauma patient with lung contusions;Embolie gazeuse massive lors d'une insufflation pulmonaire en vue d'une tomodensitométrie thoracique chez un polytraumatisé atteint de contusions pulmonaires

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 728-734

  Segura P ^a   Kleinhans, E ^a   Schmitt, A ^a   Dosch, J C ^a   Tulasne, P A ^a  

^a Centre de Traumatologie et d'Orthopedie   (France)

Author keywords

Gas embolism; Lung contusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CONTUSIONS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031609548     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0750-7658(98)80110-x     Document Type: Article

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