Cerebrovascular accident during endoscopy: Consider cerebral air embolism, a rapidly reversible event with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-73

  Raju, G S ^a   Bendixen, B H ^a   Khan, J ^a   Summers, R W ^a  

^a 4545 JCP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FIBEROSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031885788     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(98)70302-5     Document Type: Article

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