Inactive tuberculosis cavity responsible for fatal cerebral air embolism [12]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-623

  Ferry, Tristan ^a   Argaud, Laurent ^a   Delafosse, Bertrand ^a   Robert, Dominique ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Coma; Hemoptysis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLISM, AIR; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645097789     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0091-z     Document Type: Letter

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