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A Case of Massive Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism Induced by Artificial Pneumothorax and Its Analysis
Xiao-Hua Gou1, Wei Yang2, Yan-Li Zhang3
1Second Department of Respiration, First Central Hospital of Baoding, Baoding, China.
Objective:
This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of cerebral arterial air embolism.
Clinical Presentation And Intervention:
The clinical data of a patient with cerebral arterial air embolism induced during artificial pneumothorax were retrospectively analyzed. The patient needed the induction of artificial pneumothorax for medical thoracoscopy but developed hemiplegia and disturbance of consciousness during the induction. Cerebral arterial air embolism was detected by head computed tomography.
Conclusion:
Artificial pneumothorax may induce cerebral arterial air embolism.
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