Pneumothorax and systemic air embolism during positive-pressure ventilation

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1479-1481

  Ibrahim, Andra E ^a   Stanwood, Patricia L ^b   Freund, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barotrauma; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 0032915072     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199905000-00035     Document Type: Article

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