Cerebral Air Embolism Following Central Venous Catheter Removal

Am J Med. 2017 Dec;130(12):e549-e550. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.07.024. Epub 2017 Aug 10.

Authors

Liane A Arcinas¹, Shuangbo Liu², G Isanne Schacter¹, Malek Kass²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
² Section of Cardiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

PMID: 28803928
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.07.024

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm / diagnosis
Aneurysm / pathology
Catheterization, Central Venous
Central Venous Catheters*
Device Removal / adverse effects*
Embolism, Air / complications*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
Foramen Ovale, Patent / pathology
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnosis
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / complications*
Male
Oxygen / therapeutic use

Substances

Oxygen