Lipiodol embolism following transarterial chemoembolization: An atypical case

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Taupin, Daniel ^a   Mukherjee, Vikramjit ^b   Nathavitharana, Ruvandhi ^b   Green, David A ^b   Fridman, David ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; fat embolism; lipid; oil red O; pneumonia; therapeutic chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; AMBIENT AIR; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACKLE; DAY HOSPITAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; HYSTERESIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NON REBREATHING VALVE; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIDAL VOLUME; TRANSARTERIAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ETHIODIZED OIL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84901479993     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000307     Document Type: Article

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