Retrograde Cerebral Air Embolism in a Patient with Intestinal Necrosis: A Case Report


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TAYDAŞ O., ONUR M. R., AKPINAR E.

BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.34, sa.4, ss.371-373, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.0292
  • Dergi Adı: BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.371-373
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mesenteric ischaemia, air embolism, necrosis, multidetector computed tomography, VENOUS CATHETER
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Cerebral venous air embolism is a severe clinical condition related to an unfavourable outcome in patients with neurological impairment. Cerebral venous air embolism may occur secondarily to arterial or venous interventions. A rare mechanism of cerebral venous air embolism is retrograde embolism, which is characterized by gas flow in a direction that is opposite to that of the normal blood flow.