Thoracoabdominal CT scan: A useful tool for the diagnosis of air embolism during an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography;Intérêt d'un scanner corps entier pour le diagnostic d'embolie gazeuse au cours d'une cholangiopancréatographie rétrograde endoscopique

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-243

  Tan, B K ^a   Saunier, C F ^a   Cotton, F ^b   Gueugniaud, P Y ^a   Piriou, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESUSCITATION; VATER PAPILLA TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41549125925     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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