Fatal Gas Embolism during Transurethral Incision of the Bladder Neck under Spinal Anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1833-1834

  Tsou, Mei Yung ^a   Teng, Yun Hui ^a   Chow, Lok Hi ^a   Ho, Chiu Ming ^a,b   Tsai, Shen Kou ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER ASPIRATION; BLADDER NECK; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART MASSAGE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URETHRA;

EID: 0345714958     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000087065.12515.68     Document Type: Article

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