Iatrogenic systemic air embolism treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Thomas Bech Jørgensen; Allan Martini Ibsen Sørensen; Erik C. Jansen

Iatrogenic systemic air embolism treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Thomas Bech Jørgensen, Allan Martini Ibsen Sørensen, Erik C. Jansen

Department of Clinical Medicine

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Abstract

Air embolism is a rare and potentially severe complication of surgical and invasive procedures. Emboli large enough to produce symptoms require immediate treatment because of the risk of 'gas lock' in the right side of the heart and subsequent circulatory failure. If air is transmitted to the arterial circulation through a shunt, it may cause cerebral emboli with neurological symptoms. We present two cases with venous air emboli and concurrent cerebral arterial emboli. Both patients were successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Udgivelsesdato: 2008/4

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Volume	52
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	566-568
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0001-5172
Publication status	Published - 2008

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