Venous air embolism and intracardiac thrombus after pressurized fibrin glue during liver surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-182

  Ebner, F M ^a   Paul, A ^a   Peters, J ^a   Hartmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

aerosol fibrin glue; heart failure; hepatic surgery; transoesophageal echocardiography; venous air embolism, fibrin glue embolism

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; FIBRIN GLUE; ISOFLURANE; ROCURONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBUS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN EMBOLISM;

EID: 78751519403     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq336     Document Type: Article

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