Air embolism during an aircraft flight in a passenger with a pulmonary cyst: A favorable outcome with hyperbaric therapy

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 539-542

  Closon, Mathieu ^a   Vivier, Emmanuel ^a   Breynaert, Charles ^a   Duperret, Serge ^a   Branche, Patricia ^a   Coulon, Agnès ^a   De La Roche, Eric ^a   Delafosse, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AVIATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG CYST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; AVIATION; CYSTS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3342912009     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200408000-00037     Document Type: Article

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