title: An unusual case of fatal gas embolism.
abstract: We describe an unusual case of fatal gas embolism, in which a man died by connecting an extension tube supplying oxygen to an indwelling catheter that was inserted into the left cephalic vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bunai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male