title: Carbon dioxide embolism following diagnostic hysteroscopy.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman ASA 2 underwent carbon dioxide hysteroscopy under general anaesthesia. Monitoring showed a sudden and rapid fall in end-tidal carbon dioxide followed by oxygen desaturation. She became pulseless and cyanosed. Resuscitation with oxygen, intravenous adrenaline and head-down tilt restored her to haemodynamic stability. Hyperbaric therapy was also administered as air embolism could not be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Dandenong Hospital, Victoria.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sherlock
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Shearer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buist
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rasiah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide