Pulmonary barotrauma-induced cerebral arterial gas embolism with spontaneous recovery: Commentary on the rationale for therapeutic compression

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-146

  Clarke, Dick ^a   Gerard, W ^a   Norris, T ^a  

^a Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral arterial gas embolism; Paradoxical air embolism; Pulmonary barotrauma; Relapse; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG INJURY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; RELAPSE; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROTRAUMA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE;

EID: 0036159099     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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