Cerebral air embolism during upper endoscopy: Case report and review

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 620-623

  Green, Bryan T ^a,b   Tendler, David A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Digestive Diseases Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244364797     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02788-9     Document Type: Article

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