title: TEE monitoring for RA-horizontal paradoxical arterial air embolism during sitting-position surgery.
abstract: A 36-year-old woman suffered meningioma in her right cerebellopontine angle. Air embolisms often complicate sitting-position surgeries. Because TEE guides the localization of central venous catheters and promptly locates air embolisms promptly enough for effective treatment, TEE is an effective monitoring method for sitting-position surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Tianlong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mingfei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Cairong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057785:Catheters; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011187:Posture