Air Embolism (Gas Embolism)

03/01/1982 - "Successful therapy of cerebral air embolism with hyperbaric oxygen at 2.8 ATA."
03/01/2016 - "The aim of this study was to review patients with iatrogenic cerebral gas embolism (CGE) referred to The Alfred Hospital hyperbaric unit to determine whether hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) reduced morbidity and mortality. "
09/01/1984 - "The results of these studies again suggest that there may be advantages to confining the treatment of arterial gas embolism to 2.8 bar breathing oxygen."
11/08/2023 - "If air embolism is suspected the patient should be treated according to ABCDE principles and oxygen should be administered. "
10/04/2023 - "In hysteroscopic surgery, a higher oxygen concentration inhaled by patients may reduce the incidence of gas embolism, indicating that a higher inhaled oxygen concentration, especially 100%, could be recommended for patients during hysteroscopic surgery. "

03/01/2003 - "Effective treatment of vascular gas embolism may be possible with emulsified fluorocarbon compounds. "
08/01/1992 - "1985: Fluorocarbons: a potential treatment of cerebral air embolism in open-heart surgery. "
10/01/1986 - "Protection from venous air embolism with fluorocarbon emulsion FC-43."
09/01/1986 - "Fluorocarbon treatment for cerebral air embolism."
11/01/1985 - "Fluorocarbons: a potential treatment of cerebral air embolism in open-heart surgery."

05/01/1997 - "Perfluorocarbon emulsion has proved beneficial in the prevention and amelioration of experimental air embolism. "
11/01/2012 - "Massive arteriolar gas embolism (AGE) has never been evaluated in vivo using intravital microscopy and previous perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsions were only effective in AGE when administered before AGE. "
06/01/1987 - "The protective effects of a perfluorocarbon emulsion (FC-43) against the physiological sequelae of selective coronary air embolism (CAE) were examined in dogs. "
11/01/2012 - "In vivo microvascular mosaics show air embolism reduction after perfluorocarbon emulsion treatment."
01/01/2007 - "Intravenous perfluorocarbon emulsion (IV-PFC) has been shown to provide hemodynamic protection from gas embolism (Venous-VGE or arterial-AGE). "

06/01/2013 - "Monitoring end tidal carbon dioxide can be very useful in early detection of air embolisms. "
09/01/2011 - "The objective of our study was to compare the incidences of cardiovascular disturbance during venous air embolism (VAE) episodes detected using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and end tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO(2)) tension monitoring. "
02/01/1996 - "In summary, this study strongly stresses the need for precise rules of prevention of gas embolism, and close monitoring of cardiac rhythm during insufflation of carbon dioxide. "
01/01/2023 - "We used end-tidal carbon dioxide and arterial blood pressure monitoring to detect venous air embolism. "
01/01/2023 - "Carbon dioxide flooding is commonly used in open-heart surgery to reduce the risk of air embolism and neurological impairment, but it has not been evaluated in the setting of ATAAD surgery. "

08/01/2021 - "Attention should be given to the risk of air embolism when using hydrogen peroxide for irrigation and disinfection. "
01/01/2021 - "Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) ingestion can cause vascular gas embolism (GE). "
11/01/2020 - "Gas Embolism After Hydrogen Peroxide Use During Spine Surgery: Case Report and Literature Review."
02/01/2018 - "We report a case of a portal vein gas embolism after ingestion of 3% hydrogen peroxide. "
01/01/2017 - "We read with interest the recent report by Smedley et al. on an interesting case of cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) after pre-flight ingestion of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). "

01/01/2022 - "Because of these adaptations for diving, odontocetes were originally thought to be exempt from the harms of nitrogen gas embolism while diving. "
01/01/2018 - "Recent strandings of beaked whales suggest that these fat bodies are susceptible to nitrogen (N2 ) gas embolism and empirical evidence has shown that the N2 solubility of these fat bodies is higher than that of blubber. "
05/01/2006 - "Two factors can explain these results: low volemia secondary to immersion, and venous gas embolism induced by nitrogen desaturation. "
05/01/2001 - "It is usually associated with a large right-to-left shunt, when the mechanism is likely to be paradoxical gas embolism with peripheral amplification when bubble emboli invade tissues supersaturated with nitrogen. "
11/01/1996 - "End-tidal nitrogen provides an early warning of slow, ongoing, venous air embolism."

09/01/2006 - "Surfactant-based intervention is a novel treatment for gas embolism. "
12/01/2010 - "These observations could form a basis for choosing surfactants in treating gas embolism related illnesses."
12/01/2010 - "Surfactant properties differentially influence intravascular gas embolism mechanics."
12/01/2006 - "Influence of endothelial glycocalyx degradation and surfactants on air embolism adhesion."
09/01/2006 - "Gas embolism and surfactant-based intervention: implications for long-duration space-based activity."

05/01/1999 - "In this study, we evaluated the protective effects of inhaled nitric oxide in a pulmonary air embolism setting. "
05/01/1999 - "Nitric oxide attenuated the hemodynamic changes induced by pulmonary air embolism without improving pulmonary oxygenation."
05/01/1999 - "Small-dose inhaled nitric oxide attenuates hemodynamic changes after pulmonary air embolism in dogs."
04/01/1999 - "The use of inhaled nitric oxide during gas embolism."
02/01/2007 - "We recently reported that pulmonary gas embolism transiently increases exhaled nitric oxide (FENO), but it is not known whether solid emboli may alter FENO, and whether an intact endogenous NO synthesis has a beneficial effect in experimental solid pulmonary embolism. "

10/01/1992 - "In previous animal experiments, lidocaine has been shown to improve recovery of somatosensory evoked response amplitude after air embolism. "
12/01/2019 - "The most accepted emergent treatment for CAE includes HBO, consideration of lidocaine, and work-up of source of the air embolism."
06/01/2009 - "Lignocaine may also be effective, particularly for cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE). "
10/01/1992 - "Lidocaine-treated dogs also had higher cerebral blood flow values than saline-treated dogs 220 minutes after air embolism. "
10/01/1992 - "Lidocaine-treated dogs recovered 60 +/- 10% (mean +/- 95% confidence limits) of the baseline somatosensory evoked potential amplitude 220 minutes after air embolism; saline-treated dogs recovered 32 +/- 10% (a significant difference at p less than 0.01). "

05/01/2017 - "The authors report a rare case of a suicidal air embolism committed using a self-made tool composed of a plastic bottle and an infusion set, injecting nearly 2000 mL of air into the cubital vein. "
07/01/2013 - "One of the reasons for using self-collapsible intravenous (IV) infusion bags instead of conventional glass or plastic bottles is to take precaution against air embolism. "
07/01/2013 - "One of the reasons for using self-collapsible intravenous (IV) infusion bags instead of conventional glass or plastic bottles is to take precaution against air embolism. "
07/01/1992 - "We don't treat air embolism in plastic models."
03/01/1971 - "Air embolism associated with the use of malfitting plastic connectors in angiography."

01/01/2008 - "Intracardiac transvenous echocardiography is superior to both precordial Doppler and transesophageal echocardiography techniques for detecting venous air embolism and catheter-guided air aspiration."
03/01/1986 - "The routine use of a Swan-Ganz catheter for removal of air embolism by suction proved effective for the treatment of the stormy-bubble type of air embolism. "
06/01/2005 - "Many monitors, such as the precordial Doppler; capnography, pulmonary artery catheter; transoesophageal echocardiography are useful for venous air embolism detection, with transoesophageal echocardiography being today's gold standard. "
12/01/2019 - "Prevention of serious air embolism during cryoballoon ablation; risk assessment of air intrusion into the sheath by catheter selection and change in intrathoracic pressure: An ex vivo study."
10/01/2015 - "This study aimed to investigate the clinical predictors of unfavorable prognosis in patients with venous catheter-related cerebral air embolism. "

07/01/2012 - "To report a case illustrating that the definitive, most effective treatment for gas embolism is hyperbaric oxygen therapy. "
07/01/1991 - "Cerebral retroperfusion, hyperbaric oxygenation, low-temperature AC, and long-term administration of antihypoxic agents in the postoperative period have been considered most effective in the management of air embolism. "
12/01/2023 - "Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy is associated with favorable outcome in patients with iatrogenic cerebral arterial gas embolism: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of observational studies."
07/01/2013 - "Our study should not change current hyperbaric oxygenation strategies for cerebral arterial gas embolism, but further research is necessary to elucidate our results. "
07/01/2013 - "This study investigates the effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on cerebral function in swine when initiated 2 or 4 hours after cerebral arterial gas embolism. "

02/01/2001 - "This model is a useful alternative to impractical clinical trials in assessing which initial step in hyperbaric therapy is most effective in eliminating cerebral gas embolisms should they occur."
09/01/2006 - "The aim of this study was to realize a review of the gas embolism, considering its pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutics aspects. "
09/01/2003 - "A few animal studies are presented, which emphasize the importance of the timing of therapy, and the outcome of patients with air embolism (including clinical patients, divers and submariners) is described."
01/01/2003 - "Imaging studies prior to HBO2 therapy demonstrated gas in six of 23 exams; five of the remaining 17 exams showed secondary changes consistent with gas embolism. "
12/01/1953 - "[Experimental studies on therapy of the air embolism with increase atmospheric pressure]."

03/01/2013 - "In this study, we performed systematic necropsies at different postmortem times in three experimental New Zealand White Rabbits models: control or putrefaction, infused air embolism, and compression/decompression. "
02/01/2013 - "The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between the state of the individual functions of the organism and the intensity of decompression venous gas embolism after high air pressure exposure. "
09/01/2011 - "In a previous study, we obtained histologic documentation of liver gas embolism in the rat model of rapid decompression. "
11/01/2022 - "Scuba divers are at risk of decompression illness, of which arterial gas embolism is the most feared consequence. "
01/01/2021 - "Gas embolism and decompression-like sickness have also been described in wild animals, such as cetaceans. "

07/01/2012 - "The air embolism was treated successfully with cardiopulmonary bypass."
08/01/2011 - "This study was designed to investigate the influence of mean arterial pressures on cerebral functional and histologic outcome after cerebral air embolism during cardiopulmonary bypass in an established rat model. "
07/01/2009 - "The amount of air embolism as observed on echocardiography and the number of microembolic signals as recorded by transcranial Doppler were significantly less in the study group during the de-airing time (P < .001) and the first 10 minutes after termination of cardiopulmonary bypass (P < .001). "
10/01/1995 - "Postoperative confirmation of a neurologic insult after a cardiopulmonary bypass-assisted operation, in which a cerebral air embolism is likely the source, is one of the most distressing situations a surgical team has to confront, due in part to the lack of pathognomonic diagnostic tools and to the absence of a "scientifically proven" (supported by prospective, randomized studies) therapeutic regimen. "
02/01/2022 - "Therefore, rigorous and standardized protocols are needed to investigate sources, patterns, as well as effective quantity and volume of air embolism.  We hereby present our protocol in detail for systematic data collection as a standard quality control measure at our center, where air bubbles in the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit are measured by a commercial bubble counter. "