Fatal venous cerebral air embolism secondary to a disconnected central venous catheter

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-214

  Brouns, R ^a,b   De Surgeloose, D ^a   Neetens, I ^a   De Deyn, P P ^a,b,c  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN EMBOLISM;

AGED; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CEREBRAL VEINS; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645784189     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090795     Document Type: Article

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