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ArticleThe Eurasian journal of medicine2018

Nonfatal Systemic Air Embolism: A Grave Complication of Computed Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy.

Melita Kukuljan, Zlatko Kolić, Duje Vukas, David Bonifačić, Kristina Vrbanec

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Article in The Eurasian journal of medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Case of Massive Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism Induced by Artificial Pneumothorax and Its Analysis.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melita KukuljanDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Zlatko KolićDepartment of Neurosurgery, Polyclinic Medico, Rijeka. Croatia.
Duje VukasDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
David BonifačićDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Kristina VrbanecDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
University of Rijeka · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transthoracic computed tomography-guided core needle biopsy (TTNB) is a well-established method for diagnosing focal pulmonary lesions. However, the dangers associated with this method as well as the significant number of complications caused by it cannot be ignored. Systemic air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication that can accompany transthoracic needle biopsies of pulmonary lesions. In this study, we report nonfatal systemic air embolism as a complication of a transthoracic needle core biopsy of a subpleural nodule in the right upper pulmonary lobe of a patient with hemoptysis. Although extremely rare, the complication may result in a transient myocardial ischemia, which is presented with a transient depression of the ST segment.

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Air embolismCT-guided biopsyneedle core lung biopsy

Identifiers

PMID29531492
PMCPMC5843453
OpenAlexW2794144170

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