ArticleCase reports in medicine2016
Cardiac Arrest as a Consequence of Air Embolism: A Case Report and Literature Review.
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- Cardiac arrest in the perioperative period: a consensus guideline for identification, treatment, and prevention from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Guideline
- Risk factors for air embolism following computed tomography-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysisDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2023Pooled it
- Incidence, risk factors, and prognostic indicators of symptomatic air embolism after percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy: a systematic review and pooled analysis.European radiology · 2021Pooled it
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- Systemic air embolism following computed-tomography-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesion - a systematic search of case reports and case series.Acta radiologica open · 2022Review
- Thrombotic pulmonary embolism of inferior vena cava during caesarean section: A case report and review of the literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Pineal region tumours in the sitting position: how I do it.Acta neurochirurgica · 2022Article
- Recurring Asystole and Paradoxical Air Embolization in a Patient with a Patent Foramen Ovale Treated with Home Parenteral Nutrition.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2020Article
- A life-threatening condition: The pulmonary artery air embolism.Turkish journal of emergency medicine · 2019Article
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- Cardiac Arrest as a Consequence of Air Embolism: A Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
Air embolism is an infrequent but potentially catastrophic complication. It could be a complication of invasive procedures including surgery, central line placement, positive pressure ventilation, trauma, hemodialysis, pacemaker placement, cardiac ablation, and decompression sickness. Usually, it does not cause any hemodynamic complication. In rare cases, it could lodge in the heart and cause cardiac arrest. We present a case of an 82-year-old white female who underwent computed tomography (CT) guided biopsy of right lung pulmonary nodule. When she was turned over after the lung biopsy, she became unresponsive and developed cardiopulmonary arrest. She underwent successful resuscitation and ultimately was intubated. CT chest was performed immediately after resuscitation which showed frothy air dense material in the left atrium and one of the right pulmonary veins suggesting a Broncho venous fistula with air embolism. Although very rare, air embolism could be catastrophic resulting in cardiac arrest. Supportive care including mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, volume resuscitation, and supplemental oxygen is the initial management. Patients with cardiac, neurological, or respiratory complications benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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