|
| |
| | air embolism on Encyclopedia.com |
 | | Coronary artery air embolism complicating a CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung *. | | | Preventing air embolism when removing CVCs: an evidence-based approach to changing practice. |
|
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/x/x-airembol.asp
(356 words)
|
|
| |
| | Venous Air Embolism |
| | During spontaneous respiration, slow entrainment of air that causes obstruction of 10% of the pulmonary circulation causes a "gasp" reflex that results in chest pain and tachypnea. | | | If a large volume of air has been entrained, and surgical conditions permit (i.e., the head is not in pins), positioning the patient in the left lateral decubitus position will help to keep air in the right atrium from entering the ventricle. | | | Placement of the transducer may be difficult on some patients, especially those with a chest wall deformity or who are obese. |
|
http://www.rashaduniversity.com/mrashad/venairem.html
(1547 words)
|
|
| |
| | Embolism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In medicine, an embolism occurs when an object (the embolus, plural emboli) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and cause(s) a blockage (occlusion) of a blood vessel in another part of the body. | | | Emboli often have more serious consequences when they occur in the so-called "end-circulation": areas of the body that have no redundant blood supply, such as the brain, heart, and lungs. | | | This can be contrasted with a "thrombus" which is the formation of a clot within a blood vessel, rather than being carried from elsewhere. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embolism
(294 words)
|
|
| |
| | MASSIVE SYSTEMIC AIR EMBOLISM FOLLOWING A BLUNT CHEST INJURY |
| | Needle venting of air from the heart by the surgeon, manual cardiac massage, and pressor therapy to increase coronary perfusion pressure beside right decubitus position are standard cardiopulmonary resuscitative measures for the victims of left heart air embolism. | | | The initiation of systemic air embolism in a patient with chest trauma after mechanical ventilation is attributed to bronchopulmonary pressure gradient that favors transmission of air through a traumatic bronchial to pulmonary venous communication, and this has been proved by experimental study on animals. | | | Systemic air embolism is often noticed after the initiation of mechanical ventilation, so anesthesiologists must be aware that the patient with chest trauma is at risk of systemic air embolism during mechanical ventilation, especially with high-peak airway pressure. |
|
http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/185/98-067.html
(1483 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air Embolism during Calibration of Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring Systems |
| | There are methods of applying reference pressures for those special circumstances that minimize the risk of air embolism. | | | However, this calibration pressure may not be adequate for confirmation of high systolic pressures, and the technique may be awkward in some settings. | | | (For example, a small amount of air can be introduced into the system, even with the patient stopcock closed during calibration, if the calibration pressure exceeds that of the pressure infuser flushing system. |
|
http://www.mdsr.ecri.org/summary/detail.aspx?doc_id=8139
(1748 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air embolism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | If it lodges in the lungs, a pulmonary embolism will occur, resulting in shortness of breath and chest pain. | | | They range from skin rashes, joint pain, visual disturbances, balance disturbances, breathing difficulties, extreme fatigue/lack of strength, numbness, paralysis, unconsciousness and death. | | | Recompression is the only lasting treatment of an air embolism. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_embolism
(718 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air Embolism via Arterial Catheter |
| | (2) However, the effectiveness of therapy is dependent on the volume and precise position of the embolism as well as any pre-existing morbidity. | | | After discussion between the anaesthetist, patient and surgeon it was decided to continue with the anaesthetic and surgery. | | | Use of an indwelling arterial catheter for monitoring the cardiovascular system and arterial blood gas analysis is common in both the operating room and the intensive therapy unit. |
|
http://www.uam.es/departamentos/medicina/anesnet/journals/ija/vol3n1/air.htm
(1192 words)
|
|
| |
| | eMedicine - Venous Air Embolism : Article by Steven A Conrad, MD, PhD |
| | Administer 100% oxygen and intubate for significant respiratory distress or refractory hypoxemia. | | | Ericcson JA, Gottlieb JD, Sweet RB: Close chest cardiac massage in the treatment of venous air embolism. | | | Thomas AN, Stephens BG: Air embolism: a cause of morbidity and death after penetrating chest trauma. |
|
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic787.htm
(1260 words)
|
|
| |
| | Nursing: Managing a venous air embolism |
| | A patient with a venous air embolism will exhibit respiratory distress, increased heart rate, cyanosis, a drop in BP, and a sudden change in level of consciousness and may complain of back or shoulder pain. | | | The physician may aspirate the air from the right atrium using an intracardiac needle. | | | If the patient coughs, sneezes, cries, laughs, or takes a deep breath, the change in intrathoracic pressure can draw 10 to IS cc of air into the venous system as a bolus. |
|
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3689/is_199810/ai_n8819737
(443 words)
|
|
| |
| | SUMMARY OF CONSENSUS OPINION |
| | Room air and gas emboli are associated with uterine surgical procedures, not specific devices. | | | The panel concluded that knowledgeable physicians and medical societies have a duty to further educate and warn practicing hysteroscopists and anesthesiologists about the risks of gas and room air embolism associated with hysteroscopic surgery and thereby decrease the risk of serious sequelae. | | | This withdrawal was performed in the interest of patient safety, in order to allow a full and thorough assessment of the technical issues, surgical technique and circumstances associated with these events. |
|
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/briefing/3753b2_02.htm
(2739 words)
|
|
| |
| | References |
| | A comparative trial of various groups; involving no treatment, pressurized air treatment and pressurized oxygen treatment, in a severe CO and cerebral ischemic model. | | | This evolution is, in part, the result of the frequent difficulty in distinguishing these conditions when they involve a barotraumatic etiology. | | | one that could be achieved in the normal clinical setting) to normobaric air (what the reader is presumably breathing). |
|
http://www.uhms.org/Indications/referenc.htm
(6839 words)
|
|
| |
| | Gas embolism |
| | A doctor may also find pockets of air in the chest around the lungs and sometimes a collapsed lung from overinflation and rupture. | | | Individuals with certain other medical conditions such as diabetes may be able to dive safely with careful training and supervision. | | | Gas embolism may also result from trauma or medical procedures such as catheterization and open heart surgery that allow air into the circulatory system. |
|
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/gas_embolism.jsp
(800 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air Embolism through Central Venous Catheters |
| | When inserting or changing a catheter, put the patient in the Trendelenburg position. | | | These include central venous pressure monitoring, rapid infusion of fluids, pulmonary arterial pressure monitoring using Swan-Ganz catheters, and hemodialysis. | | | Many fatal instances of air emboli in patients with central venous catheters have been reported in the literature.(1,2,3,4,5) They frequently occur when the tubing becomes tangled while a patient is getting out of bed, causing the catheter to disconnect. |
|
http://www.mdsr.ecri.org/summary/detail.aspx?doc_id=8149
(905 words)
|
|
| |
| | Sex During Pregnancy |
| | It is also important to abstain from sexual activity with a partner that has a sexually transmitted disease (STD) such as genital warts, Chlamydia, herpes, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | | | There are some sexual behaviors that should be avoided when pregnant. | | | This can cause an air embolism, which is the blockage of a blood vessel by an air bubble. |
|
http://www.expectantmothersguide.com/library/philadelphia/sex.htm
(939 words)
|
|
| |
| | air embolism -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | A pulmonary embolism may be the result of a blood clot that has formed elsewhere, has broken loose, and has traveled through the circulatory system to the point of obstruction; or it may be due to some other obstruction, such as fat... | | | Air conditioning is the use of mechanical systems to achieve that control in such places as homes, offices, theaters, institutions, factories, airplanes, and automobiles. | | | The most familiar type of air conditioning is... |
|
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9005199
(898 words)
|
|
| |
| | Attack heart pulmonary - Health 24 - Heart, About Heart |
| | The most common cause of pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that forms in a deep vein in Recent surgery, stroke, heart attack, heart failure, cancer, | | | Survival during and after a heart attack (from cardiovascular disease) The risk of death from an The heart, the pulmonary artery, and the aorta |
|
http://heart-attack.sitesarea.com/q/heart-attack-attack-heart-pulmonary.htm
(300 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air Embolism Complicating Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy |
| | Hobin, FP Associate medical examiner, Office of the Medical Examiner, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL. | | | This mishap has not previously been reported as a complication of this procedure. | | | This is a report of a lethal venous air embolism complicating percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy. |
|
http://www.astm.org/JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/762.htm
(120 words)
|
|
| |
| | Untitled Document |
| | Surgical: Cesarean section, craniofacial surgery, dental implant surgery, posterior spinal fusion, total hip arthroplasty | | | The only effective diagnostic tool is the transesophageal echocardiogram. | | | If the diagnosis of paradoxical air embolism has been made, strong consideration should be given to the use of the hyperbaric chamber. |
|
http://www.anesoft.com/Resources/ACE/vae.html
(171 words)
|
|
| |
| | Arterial Gas Embolism |
| | The clinical manifestations of cerebral gas embolism include a sudden onset of unconsciousness associated with a generalized or focal seizure. | | | This is thought to be the result of FactorVIII interacting with the prostaglandin system and possibly other blood/tissue factors. | | | Hagan at the Mayo Clinic reported on 965 normal hearts and showed that more than 25% of patients with a history of cardiac disease have a 'probe patent' foramen ovale at autopsy. |
|
http://www.scuba-doc.com/artgsemb.htm
(834 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air embolism - Medicine terms |
| | The blockage of an artery by air bubbles, which may have entered during surgery or after an injury |
|
http://www.encyclopedia-wiki.org/encyclopedias/medicine/Air-embolism.html
(18 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ask an Expert: Air embolism |
| | Small air bubbles are usually not a problem, and are easily absorbed without harmful effect unless the individual has abnormal heart anatomy (“hole in the heart”) or some other heart or circulatory defect. | | | Air embolism as an unexpected complication of dental or jaw surgery has been described in medical journals and in the lay press. | | | If a large air embolism occurred, sufficient to restrict blood flow through the heart, then signs of such impairment would occur. |
|
http://www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/30591.htm
(487 words)
|
|
| |
| | air embolism --The Doctors Lounge(TM) |
| | The medical litterature only describes case reports of such occurrences, which means that this is something quite rare, i don't think you need to worry about it. | | | There are also very few reports also about air embolism happening during menstruation during sexual intercourse as well when the female takes a position known as the "doggy position". | | | For you to have an air embolism, the air would have to be introduced into the blood vessels where it would travel to an area that it could cause harm. |
|
http://www.thedoctorslounge.net/cardiology/forums/backup/topic-2627.html
(431 words)
|
|
| |
| | [No title] |
| | The material that should not be there is called an embolus. | | | The most common type of embolus is a clot of blood, but other things can cause an embolism too. | | | An embolus in an artery is travelling in a system of tubes that are getting gradually smaller, so there is bound to be a point at which it blocks a small artery. |
|
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en.aspx?articleID=9
(281 words)
|
|
| |
| | NEJM -- Severe Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Air Travel |
| | reviewed all cases of pulmonary embolism requiring medical care | | | The incidence of pulmonary embolism was much higher among passengers | | | period of the study, of whom 56 had confirmed pulmonary embolism. |
|
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/345/11/779
(687 words)
|
|
| |
| | Air India Flight 182 - definition of Air India Flight 182 in Encyclopedia |
| | Due to lack of evidence the charges against Parmar are dropped and no link to Air India is established. | | | There are allegations that CSIS interfered in the investigation by destroying hundreds of wiretaps to protect the identity of their mole in the terrorist group. | | | May 31, 2004 - Malik and Bagri's defense begins. |
|
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Air_India_Flight_182
(1880 words)
|
|
| |
| | air_embolism |
| | [n] obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving. |
|
http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/d?s=f&w=air_embolism
(34 words)
|
|
| |
| | Medical/embolism air in vagina |
| | Air passes beneath the fetal membranes and into the circulation of the subplacental sinuses, invariably causing death to both mother and fetus within minutes. | | | Abstract: Venous air embolism is an infrequent complication of pregnancy but may occur if air is blown into the vagina during orogenital sex. | | | The hospital course was complicated by hypotension, metabolic acidosis, acute neurologic changes, and emergency caesarean section with eventual fetal demise. |
|
http://tafkac.org/medical/embolism_air_in_vagina.html
(164 words)
|
|
| |
| | AllRefer.com - air embolism (Pathology) - Encyclopedia |
| | Topics that might be of interest to you: | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Pathology > air embolism | | | More articles from AllRefer Reference on air embolism |
|
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/X/X-airembol.html
(101 words)
|
|
| |
| | Nephrology: air embolism through catheter |
| | When they called me he was in Intensive Care, and the Doctor explained that he had suffered an Air Embolism. | | | The nurse immediately put Dad in a head down position on his left side. | | | You are here: Experts > Health/Fitness > Diabetes > Nephrology > air embolism through catheter |
|
http://experts.about.com/q/Nephrology-975/air-embolism-catheter.htm
(772 words)
|
|
| |
| | Welcome to NHS Direct Online |
| | The suggested links below should take you where you want to go, but you might also like to explore our site using the links on the left of your screen, or type what you are looking for in the search box at the top right of your screen. | | | Air bubbles in the blood - the bends |
|
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en.asp?TopicID=13
(66 words)
|
|
| |
| | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - air embolism definition |
| | air in bloodstream: the presence of air in a blood vessel resulting from injury, from moving too rapidly from high to lower atmospheric pressure, or from using a heart-lung machine during cardiopulmonary bypass | | | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - air embolism definition | | | Click here to search all of MSN Encarta |
|
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861584342/air_embolism.html
(80 words)
|
|
|
