Air embolism during anaesthesia for shoulder arthroscopy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 926-927

  Hegde, R T ^a   Avatgere, R N ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications, air embolism; Monitoring; Surgery, arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033647248     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/85.6.926     Document Type: Article

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