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Left-sided cardiac gas embolism produced by hydrogen peroxide: intraoperative diagnosis using transesophageal
J A Sastre1, M A Prieto, J C Garzón
1Anesthesiology Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. med026221@nacom.es
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|October 30, 2001
Abstract
Implications:
We present a case of an adult who suffered a left-sided gas embolism after surgical lavage of the thoracic cavity with hydrogen peroxide. An intraoperative diagnosis was made using transesophageal echocardiography.