Venous air embolism during awake craniotomy in a supine patient

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 835-838

  Balki, Mrinalini ^a   Manninen, Pirjo H ^a   McGuire, Glenn P ^a   El Beheiry, Hossam ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TACHYPNEA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0345688846     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03019383     Document Type: Article

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