Air embolism during operative hysteroscopy: TEE-guided resuscitation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 480-486

  Sabsovich, Ilya ^a,b,c   Abel, Mark ^d   Lee, Christen J ^a,b   Spinelli, Allison D ^a,b   Abramowicz, Apolonia E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Anesthesia; Hysteroscopy; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTALLOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LARYNGEAL MASK; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84866411029     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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