Air Embolism (Gas Embolism)

03/01/1982 - "Successful therapy of cerebral air embolism with hyperbaric oxygen at 2.8 ATA."
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."
02/01/2015 - "Early diagnosis and prompt oxygen therapy is crucial for patient's survival so careful reviewing of the obtained computed tomography images during the biopsy may prevent a missing systemic air embolism and provide an adequate therapy. "
01/01/2015 - "When the oxygen produced exceeds the solubility in the blood, arterial and venous gas embolism occur. "
09/01/2014 - "No oxygen toxicity or arterial gas embolism occurred. "

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. "
08/01/2015 - "Carbon dioxide field flooding reduces the hemodynamic effects of venous air embolism occurring in the sitting position."
04/01/2014 - "An abrupt reduction in end-tidal carbon-dioxide during neurosurgery is not always due to venous air embolism: a capnograph artefact."

01/01/1998 - "This is the first case reported in the literature of hyperbaric therapy used successfully to treat cerebral gas embolism caused by hydrogen peroxide."
08/01/2014 - "Air-embolism and cerebral ischaemia following epidural hydrogen peroxide irrigation in a closed lumbar cavity."
01/01/2013 - "Massive gas embolism secondary in the use of intraoperative hydrogen peroxide: still use to lavage with this liquid?"
07/01/2012 - "It is well known that hydrogen peroxide ingestion can cause gas embolism. "
02/01/2012 - "A case of acute cerebral gas embolism due to ingestion of hydrogen peroxide."

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."
10/01/1996 - "However, our case report implies that nitrogen washout was not complete 140 minutes after venous air embolism incidence. "
01/01/1992 - "Re: Near fatal venous nitrogen/air embolism occurrence while inserting cylindrical endosseous oral implants."

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. "
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). "
10/01/1992 - "Effect of lidocaine on somatosensory evoked response and cerebral blood flow after canine cerebral 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. "
08/01/1987 - "Perfluorocarbon emulsions and air embolism."
11/01/1998 - "We have previously shown that perfluorocarbon emulsions (PFEs) reduce the severity of cerebral injury (indicated by infarct, reduced blood flow, and depressed EEG) induced by air embolism during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). "
01/01/1999 - "Additional uses of perfluorocarbon emulsions will include treatments of diseases with compromised tissue oxygenation such as cerebral or myocardial ischaemia, air embolism and emergency or trauma surgery as long as no allogeneic blood is available."
03/01/2014 - "Effects of perfluorocarbon emulsions on microvascular blood flow and oxygen transport in a model of severe arterial gas 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. "
07/01/2013 - "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."
04/15/1968 - "Lethal air embolism from plastic blood-storage container."

01/01/1988 - "Effects of serotonin inhibition in air embolism in dogs."
01/01/1963 - "CEREBRAL AIR EMBOLISM EFFECTS ON BRAIN WATER AND SEROTONIN CONTENT."
01/01/1962 - "[On the identification of the humoral factor in experimental gas embolism with enteramine]."
07/01/1981 - "R 41 468, a selective serotonin receptor blocking agent, was found to improve pulmonary perfusion in patients with venous air embolism, in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and in certain cases of impairment of the pulmonary circulation during prolonged major surgery accompanied by blood transfusion. "

01/01/1978 - "Technetium-macroaggregated albumin (TEMAA) lung scans are helpful in postoperative verification of venous air embolism."
09/01/2011 - "We confirmed venous air embolism in many of these patients by using serial technetium-microaggregated albumin lung scans. "
11/01/1978 - "We confirmed venous air embolism in many of these cases by using serial technetium-macroaggregated albumin lung scans. "

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."
06/01/2001 - "The conclusion is that the Valsalva maneuver is superior to breath-hold and humming for increasing central venous pressure during central venous catheter placement and, therefore, it is more likely to prevent air embolism in cooperative patients."
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. "
10/01/2015 - "This study aimed to investigate the clinical predictors of unfavorable prognosis in patients with venous catheter-related cerebral air embolism. "

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. "
12/01/2015 - "If their findings in pigs and the resulting hypothesis were applicable to man, it would mean that one could get cutaneous DCI without decompression: one would only need cerebral gas embolism. "
03/01/2014 - "Gas can enter arteries (arterial gas embolism) due to alveolar-capillary disruption (caused by pulmonary overpressurization, e.g., breath-hold ascent by divers) or veins (venous gas embolism, VGE) as a result of tissue bubble formation due to decompression (diving, altitude exposure) or during certain surgical procedures where capillary hydrostatic pressure at the incision site is sub-atmospheric. "

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. "
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. "
09/15/2015 - "Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the treatment of choice for cerebral arterial gas embolism, with earlier treatments resulting in better outcomes. "

01/01/1997 - "Fatal cerebral air embolism in a renal transplant recipient."
11/01/2014 - "We describe an improved method of preparing the insertion site for the ventricular assist device inflow cannula, to minimize the chances of air embolism and blood spillage, which we applied in a 34-year-old man, as a bridge to transplantation. "
08/01/1996 - "Therapeutic applications could include cerebral protection, an adjunctive role in radiotherapy of malignant brain tumors, protection against air embolism, the preservation of organs for transplantation, and ventilatory support in head-injured patients with compromised lung function. "
01/01/1996 - "Currently under investigation are potential uses in the management of severe head injuries, radiotherapy or chemotherapy of malignant brain tumors, protection against air embolism, preservation of organs for transplantation, and as a tool in microsurgery of the retina or other parts of the CNS. "
03/01/2014 - "Review of adverse event reports has resulted in safety notifications, label changes, and publications regarding the safety of biologics and biological devices, such as the risk of airway compromise after the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein in cervical spine fusion, the occurrence of a fatal air embolism after the use of a fibrin sealant that had been applied with a spray device, and infections after allograft transplantation of human tissues. "

07/01/2012 - "The air embolism was treated successfully with cardiopulmonary bypass."
10/01/1997 - "This laboratory has previously shown that a second-generation perfluorocarbon emulsion (PFE) reduces the severity of cerebral injury induced by air embolism during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). "
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. "