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| Title |
Systemic air embolism causing acute stroke and myocardial infarction after percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy – a case report
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| Published in |
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13019-016-0478-z |
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| Authors |
Rafael Rehwald, Alexander Loizides, Franz J. Wiedermann, Astrid E. Grams, Tanja Djurdjevic, Bernhard Glodny |
| Abstract |
The air embolism in this case was likely to have been caused by positioning the patient in a prone position, which was associated with the lesion to be biopsied being at a maximum height over the left atrium. Due to the resulting negative pressure, air entered through a fistula that formed between the airspace and the pulmonary vein. The air could have been trapped in the left atrium by positioning the patient in left lateral position. The event itself could have been prevented by positioning the patient in an ipsilateral dependent position during the biopsy. In addition to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the preferred treatment options are positioning maneuvers, administration of pure oxygen, and heparinization. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 21 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 21 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 14% |
| Researcher | 3 | 14% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 10% |
| Librarian | 2 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 24% |
| Unknown | 4 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 48% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 33% |