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Clinical Case Reports, 2020 Air embolism should be treated promptly with high fraction of supplemental oxygen and repositioning to help facilitate reabsorption of the air bubble. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy should be given to those with severe disease.
Bryan Stringer +2 more
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Air embolism through open hub of external jugular vein intravenous cannula
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019 Introduction: Venous air embolism is a catastrophic complication that can result in sudden cardiac arrest and death. Massive air embolism has been reported with central venous catheter through the internal jugular and subclavian veins.
Chitta R. Mohanty +3 more
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BMC Medical Imaging, 2018 Background Systemic air embolism is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy. The incidence might be underestimated because of failure to diagnose this adverse event in asymptomatic ...
Hsu-Chao Chang, Mei-Chen Yang
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Air Embolism: Diagnosis, Clinical Management and Outcomes
Diagnostics, 2017 Air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of surgical procedures. Rapid recognition and intervention is critical for reducing morbidity and mortality.
Colin J. McCarthy +3 more
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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015 Cerebral air embolism can be easily identified on computed tomography (CT) scans. However, changes in the distribution and amount of intracranial air are not well known.
Yoko Kaichi +7 more
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A Rare Case of Delayed Cerebral Air Embolism Occurring 7 H After Central Line Removal [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsVenous air embolism is a rare complication of central venous catheter insertion that can have devastating consequences. Delayed air entrainment may occur in the presence of fibrin sheath formation via reinforcement of a vein‐to‐dermis fistula, which can ...
Bejan Kanga +4 more
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Case Report: A rare successful case of treating cerebral air embolism following the removal of a central venous catheter without intracardiac structural abnormalities [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryBackgroundCerebral air embolism following the removal of a central venous catheter is a rare and often fatal complication, resulting in severe neurological deficits and potentially death.Case presentationWe report a unique case involving a 57-year-old ...
Mingzhe Song +5 more
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Systemic arterial air embolism following computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy: Case series and review of underlying risk factors, treatment and preventive strategies [PDF]
Clinical MedicineBackground: Systemic arterial air embolism is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy. Although rare, it carries significant morbidity due to cerebral and coronary ischaemia.
Maimuna Adamu +4 more
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Iatrogenic air embolism: pathoanatomy, thromboinflammation, endotheliopathy, and therapies
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Iatrogenic vascular air embolism is a relatively infrequent event but is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. These emboli can arise in many clinical settings such as neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, and liver transplantation, but more ...
Phillip L. Marsh +38 more
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Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2022 To quantitatively analyze the risk factors for air embolism following computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) and qualitatively review their characteristics. The databases of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Wanfang
Hanfei Zhang +3 more
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