The absence of arterial oxygen desaturation during massive oxygen embolism after hydrogen peroxide irrigation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 687-688

  Sun, Wei Zen ^a   Lin, Chin Shuang ^a   Lee, Andy A ^b   Chan, Wei Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMUR FRACTURE; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LAVAGE; MALE; OXYGEN EMBOLISM; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRIGATION; MALE; OXYGEN;

EID: 4143083944     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000133003.50366.1A     Document Type: Article

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