Pathophysiological mechanism and immediate treatment of retrograde cerebral venous air embolism [9]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 945-

  Schlimp, Christoph J ^a   Loimer, Thomas ^b   Rieger, Michael ^c   Schmidts, Michael B ^d   Lederer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CEREBRAL VEINS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 33646869029     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0149-y     Document Type: Letter

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