Worsening hypoxemia in the face of increasing PEEP: A case of large pulmonary embolism in the setting of intracardiac shunt

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 454-458

  Granati, Glen T ^a   Teressa, Getu ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Embolism, Paradoxical; Foramen Ovale, Patent; Hemodynamics; Pulmonary Embolism; Ventilation Perfusion Ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE RELEASE VENTILATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DYSPNEA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART SURGERY; HYPOXIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 84984986016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.898521     Document Type: Article

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