Catastrophic venous air embolus during prostatectomy in the Trendelenburg position [8]

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1084-1085

  Memtsoudis, Stavros G ^a   Malhotra, Vinod ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0942277112     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018389     Document Type: Letter

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