Archives of Neurology · 1979 · 64 citations · 16 references
MedicineNeurologyNeurosurgeryNeurocritical CareCerebrovascular Emergency CareHyperbaric ExposureHyperbaric InterventionNeurologic DeficitsNeurologic Emergency ManagementNeurologic Function
A 23-year-old woman with Eisenmenger's complex had a cerebral air embolism with resultant severe neurologic impairment while undergoing phlebotomy for secondary polycythemia. She was treated with hyperbaric therapy 29 hours after the original accident with almost complete recovery of neurologic function.
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Pulmonary (venous) air embolism
Thomas M. Durant, Joan H. Long, Morton J. Oppenheimer · American Heart Journal · 1947 · 307 citations
Lethal Air Embolism From Plastic Blood-Storage Container
Allen E. Yeakel · JAMA · 1968 · 70 citations
Arthur N. Thomas, Boyd G. Stephens · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1974 · 56 citations