Systemic air embolism after percutaneous transthorasic needle biopsy of the lung

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-356

  Ghafoori, Mahyar ^a   Varedi, Peyman ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Complications; Lung biopsy; Transthoracic needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49749086436     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0685-y     Document Type: Article

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