Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from air embolism during sexual intercourse: Case report and review of the literature

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-484

  Truhlar, Anatolij ^a,b   Cerny, Vladimir ^b   Dostal, Pavel ^b   Solar, Miroslav ^b   Parizkova, Renata ^b   Hruba, Iva ^b   Zabka, Ladislav ^a  

^a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Christoph 6 Hradec Kralove   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency medical services; Out of hospital CPR; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PIPECURONIUM; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; AMBULANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COITUS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34248551252     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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