Simple handling of venous air embolism during abdominal myomectomy

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• 作者：Betü ; l Basaran^a ; ^{betulbasaran1@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ahmet Basaran^b ; Betü ; l Kozanhan^a ; Sadık Ö ; zmen^a ; Mustafa Basaran^b
• 关键词：Venous air embolism ; Myomectomy ; Anesthesia
• 刊名：Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September-October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：66
• 期：5
• 页码：549-550
• 全文大小：218 K

文摘

We report a case of venous air embolism during abdominal myomectomy. Although true incidence of venous air embolism is not known, in literature most of reported cases are belongs to sitting position craniotomies. Many of those are subclinical, and diagnostic methods have varying degrees of sensitivity and specificity. At time of suspicion, prevention of any subsequent air emboli is the cornerstone of treatment.