Gas embolism: An exceptional complication of radial arterial catheterization

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1208-1210

  Dube, L ^a   Soltner, C ^a   Daenen, S ^a   Lemarie, J ^b   Asfar, P ^a   Alquier, P ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique Saint Louis   (France)

Author keywords

Gas embolism; Hyperbaric oxygen treatment; Iatrogenic; Post operative complication; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GAS EMBOLISM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 4644303419     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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