Diagnosis and treatment of vascular air embolism

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-177

  Mirski, Marek A ^a   Lele, Abhijit Vijay ^a   Fitzsimmons, Lunei ^a   Toung, Thomas J K ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FLUOROCARBON; FP 43; MEPREDNISONE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIST; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECG ABNORMALITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOTENSION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EDEMA; MAST SUIT; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BREATHING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33845949946     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200701000-00026     Document Type: Review

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