Air embolism during intraoperative endoscopic localization and surgical resection for blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1279-1280

  Holzman, Robert S ^a,b,c   Yoo, Lisa ^a,b   Fox, Victor L ^a,b   Fishman, Steven J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL;

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSORAL PROXIMAL ENTEROSCOPY;

CHILD; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 19744378556     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200506000-00029     Document Type: Article

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