Fatal air embolism during open eye surgery;Embolie gazeuse fatale lors d'une chirurgie du segment postérieur en ophtalmologie

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 840-842

  Dermigny, F ^a   Daelman, F ^a   Guinot, P G ^a   Hubert, V ^a   Jezraoui, P ^a   Thomas, F ^a   Milazzo, S ^a   Dupont, H ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Eye surgery; Venous gas embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE SURGERY; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR; CAVERNOUS SINUS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE HEMORRHAGE; EYE INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART ARREST; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 55549086816     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2008.07.091     Document Type: Article

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