Lung isolation for the prevention of air embolism in penetrating lung trauma. A case report
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Cerebral air embolism associated with penetrating lung injury: a case report and review of the literature
CASE A 44-year-old man intentionally stabbed himself in the anterior neck and left thorax with a fruit knife. Physical examination revealed two open wounds entering the thoracic cavity in the front chest, and a stab wound entering the trachea at the neck. Two chest tubes were initially inserted for the left lung injury with open hemopneumothorax. Nevertheless, the worsening oxygenation required...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03019878