Cerebral air embolism during removal of a pulmonary artery catheter.
Moorthy
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SS
Department of Anesthesiology, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
Tisinai
K A
KA
Speiser
B S
BS
Cikrit
D F
DF
Dierdorf
S F
SF
D000368:Aged; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed