Cerebral gas embolism caused by pleural fibrinolytic treatment.

Cerebral air embolism after pleural streptokinase instillation.

Iatrogenic pulmonary barotrauma and cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) may complicate a variety of medical procedures, such as certain types of surgery, drug administration through thoracic drainage, pneumoperitoneum, cystoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment following the guidelines for CAGE in diving is the treatment of choice. Pleural streptokinase instillation is a commo...

Cerebral Air Embolism Following Pigtail Catheter Insertion for Pleural Fluid Drainage

Pigtail catheter drainage is a common procedure for the treatment of pleural effusion and pneumothorax. The most common complications of pigtail catheter insertion are pneumothorax, hemorrhage and chest pains. Cerebral air embolism is rare, but often fatal. In this paper, we report a case of cerebral air embolism in association with the insertion of a pigtail catheter for the drainage of a pleu...

Thrombolytic therapy.

Thrombolytic therapy, which involves the administration of agents designed to increase fibrinolytic capacity, has been utilized in respiratory medicine for more than 50 years. A variety of agents have been used to effect thrombolysis, including urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and streptokinase. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has also been used to effect thrombolysis. Both uPA and tPA ...

Cerebral infarct due to calcium embolism and ineffective thrombolytic treatment.

Complex interventional treatment in patient with atrial fibrillation and stroke caused by large carotid artery thrombus- a case report

Introduction. The treatment option for acute ischemic stroke depends on the duration of symptoms, the dynamics of neurological condition changes, the etiology type of the stroke as well as results of angiographic and neuroimaging tests. Case presentation. In the paper, the case of Caucasian 60-year old male patient was presented with progressive left hemisphere stroke caused by extensive cardio...