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Iatrogenic Pulmonary Air Embolism with Rapid Resolution: A Case Report
Natassia Buckridge1, Stacey Frisch1, Richard Sinert1
1State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and Kings County Hospital New York Health and Hospitals, Brooklyn, New York.
Background:
Iatrogenic pulmonary air embolism is a fairly common and sometimes deadly complication of i.v. contrast injection.
Case Report:
We present the case of a 33-year-old man with a symptomatic iatrogenic injection air embolism and resolution within 5 h. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Given the importance of computed tomography imaging in emergency medicine, clinicians should be aware of the risk for injection air embolism from i.v. contrast injection.
