Air embolism during pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2 PART 2, 2008, Pages 481-482

  Brown, Haywood L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

AERATION; AIR EMBOLISM; ANOXIA; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; POSTNATAL TRAINING DEVICE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHOCK; VAGINA;

EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38549086324     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000300715.35274.13     Document Type: Editorial

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