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Induction of Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism in Rat
Published on: October 18, 2024
[Arterial gas embolism originating from the lung in anaesthesia and intensive care]
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, unité de médecine hyperbare, hôpital de la Cavale-Blanche, CHU de Brest, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29609 Brest cedex, France.
Abstract:
We report seven cases of arterial gas embolism originating from the lung that occurred in anaesthesia and intensive care unit in the very hospital where our regional hyperbaric oxygen facility is. They complicated lung surgery or trauma and/or followed a support by positive-pressure ventilation. Diagnosis was most often delayed, because of some scepticism of the physicians confronted with a variety of clinical features. The prognosis was bad with four deaths, despite treatment with hyperbaric oxygen in three cases.
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