Paradoxical gas embolism by transpulmonary passage of venous emboli during hysteroscopic surgery: A case report and discussion

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-233

  Rademaker, B M P ^a   Groenman, F A ^a   Van Der Wouw, P A ^a   Bakkum, E A ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications, embolism; Endoscopy; Surgery, gynaecology

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENORRHAGIA; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN EMBOLISM;

EID: 47249101478     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen138     Document Type: Article

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