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ArticleCureus2019

Paradoxical Air Embolism Without Patent Foramen Ovale During Craniotomy in the Sitting Position.

Georgios A Maragkos, Justin Davanzo, S M Roberts, Brad E Zacharia

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Georgios A MaragkosNeurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Justin DavanzoNeurosurgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
S M RobertsAnesthesiology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
Brad E ZachariaNeurosurgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Craniotomy in the sitting position entails risk for venous air embolism (VAE). A 50-year-old male underwent pineal region mass resection through a sitting position craniotomy. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography confirmed the absence of intracardiac shunt. During craniotomy, VAE was noted inside the patient's right heart, leading to hemodynamic instability. After repositioning to the supine position, significant crossover of air into the left heart was noted. Postoperatively, multiple small embolic strokes were noted. Patients who undergo craniotomy in the sitting position and are not found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO) are not free of risk for paradoxical air embolism (PAE).

Indexed as

paradoxical air embolismpatent foramen ovalevenous air embolism

Identifiers

PMID31192060
PMCPMC6550496
OpenAlexW2929213827

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