Gas embolism

Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 9781402044489, Issue , 2006, Pages 217-238

  Mathieu, Daniel ^a   Tissier, Stéphanie ^a   Boulo, Marie ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial gas embolism; Blood gas interface; Central venous catheterization; Coelioscopy; gas embolism; Haemodialysis; Heart surgery; Neurosurgery; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Venous gas embolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849091582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4448-8_13     Document Type: Chapter

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