title: [A fatal gas embolism during a hysteroscopy-curettage].
abstract: A 26 year old woman without any pathological history except metrorrhagia underwent a hysteroscopy under epidural anaesthesia and uterine cavity dilatation by saline solution. A respiratory distress and cardoffirculatory arrest occurred at the end of the procedure. Despite several attempts of cardiorespiratory resuscitation the patient deceased. The diagnosis retained was a gas embolism caused by blast effect from reintroduction of the hysteroscope into the uterine cavity. Different mandatory security measures are evoked.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôtel-Dieu, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vo Van
authors.forename: N Q
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Le Bervet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003475:Curettage / Q000401:mortality*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*
vernacular_title: Embolie gazeuse fatale lors d'une hystéroscopie-curetage.