Treatment of venous air embolism with papaverine.
Two cases of venous air embolism are described. One case occurred in a 12-year-old girl operated for ureteroileo-cutaneostomy; the other case occurred in a 44-year-old patient who underwent a hemihepatectomy. The haemodynamic and pulmonary consequences were successfully treated with intravenous papaverine.
de Lange
J J
JJ
Department of Anesthesiology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Booij
L H
LH
Smelt
W L
WL
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D010208:Papaverine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014519:Ureterostomy / Q000009:adverse effects
D010208:Papaverine