title: [Arterial air embolism as a complication of blunt thoracic trauma].
abstract: Systemic air embolism is a dramatic event frequently resulting in death. The clinical manifestations are polymorphic and unspecific. We report a case of a systemic air embolism in a patient with lung contusion. We wish to arouse a sensibility for this clinical picture, which seems to be underestimated in its frequency and importance, and discuss concepts of mechanical ventilation in patients with blunt thoracic trauma.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Anästhesiologie, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Krankenhaus Merheim.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Götz-Albrod
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knüttgen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doehn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy