Successful management of a large air embolus during an extended right hepatectomy with an emergency cardiopulmonary bypass

HPB

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 871-873

  Foo, Elizabeth ^a   Williams, Duncan ^a   Singh, Harsh ^a   Bridgman, Paul G ^a   McCall, John ^b   Connor, Saxon ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE INVERSION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84869085023     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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