Incidence of venous and paradoxical air embolism in neurosurgical patients in the sitting position: Detection by transesophageal echocardiography

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 643-647

  Mammoto, T ^a   Hayashi, Y ^a   Ohnishi, Y ^a   Kuro, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, neurosurgical; Complications, air embolism; Monitoring, echocardiography; Position, sitting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031860910     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05295.x     Document Type: Article

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