Fatal paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 112-114

  Olmedilla, L ^a   Garutti, I ^a   Perez Pena J ^a   Sanz, J ^a   Teigell, E ^a   Avellanal, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embolism, air; Heart, ischaemia; Liver, transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033989905     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013367     Document Type: Article

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