Iatrogenic venous air embolism caused by CT injector - From a risk management point of view

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-271

  Imai, Shigeki ^a   Tamada, Tsutomu ^a   Gyoten, Masayuki ^a   Yamashita, Takenori ^a   Kajihara, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Iatrogenic venous air embolism; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; AIR INJECTION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTION; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLISM, AIR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4644327090     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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