Fatal air embolism: A complication of manipulation of a cavitating metastatic lesion of the liver

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 372-375

  Saad, R S G ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatic veins, sinusoids; Inadequate recovery; Peri operative complication, air embolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER VEIN; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0031842247     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199805000-00023     Document Type: Article

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