title: [Pulmonary embolism and paradoxical embolism in a patient with chronic respiratory insufficiency treated with mechanical ventilation].
abstract: The authors report a case of paradoxical embolism associated with pulmonary embolism in a male patient under mechanical ventilation for chronic respiratory failure. They review the present diagnostic criteria of paradoxical embolism and insist on the determinant contribution of contrast echocardiography to the diagnosis. They also discuss the factors which make this type of patient liable to reopening of the foramen ovale and to paradoxical embolism. The clinical and gasometric characteristics of pulmonary embolism occurring in patients under mechanical ventilation are detailed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation polyvalente, CHU Monastir, Tunisie.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abroug
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belghith
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boudjaria
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouchoucha
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D004452:Echocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Embolie pulmonaire et embolie paradoxale chez un insuffisant respiratoire chronique en ventilation mécanique.