Fatal air embolism during sigmoidoscopy performed under spinal anesthesia

Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism during total hip replacement under spinal anesthesia

provided the original work is properly cited. CC The development of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in high risk patients during surgery is not uncommon. Although it is difficult to make a prompt diagnosis due to its nonspecific symptoms, it is imperative to make an early diagnosis and provide proper treatment for a good prognosis. In our case, PTE developed in a high risk patient even after pr...

Fatal paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation.

We describe a case of fatal paradoxical coronary air embolism during liver transplantation. The literature on the diagnosis and prophylaxis of paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation is reviewed and discussed.

Air embolism during posterior spinal fusion.

A 12-year-old healthy girl underwent a 13-level posterior spinal fusion with Harrington rod, Luque instrumentation and Drummond spinous process wires for scoliosis repair. Her anaesthetic induction and initial intraoperative course were completely uneventful until a precipitous blood pressure drop occurred accompanied by a significant decrease in heart rate. The Harrington rod was being manipul...

Non-fatal paradoxical air embolism.

Iatrogenic and fatal arterial air embolism during the CT scan.

Systemic and fatal arterial air embolism during the computed tomography (CT) scan is rarely reported in English-based literature. Iatrogenic air embolism happening during the CT scan is often related to the injector, usually venous air embolism and asymptomatic. We report one fatal and extensive systemic arterial air embolism because of one error that happened during a brain CT scan. The mechan...