Precordial Doppler probe placement for optimal detection of venous air embolism during craniotomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1543-1547

  Schubert, Armin ^a,b   Deogaonkar, Anupa ^b   Drummond, John C ^c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; THORAX WALL; VEIN EMBOLISM;

EID: 33646204052     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000198665.84248.61     Document Type: Article

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