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1. Gas embolism produced by hydrogen peroxide abscess irrigation in an infant
...been reported as a rare cause of gas embolism. We present the case of an 11-month-o...were strongly suggestive of major gas embolism. Adverse effects of inappropriate...have been described as a source of gas embolism. A case is presented here which...
August 1, 1999; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

2. Cerebral arterial gas embolism following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
...standard recommendations when arterial gas embolism (AGE) is suspected, was established...brain: What to do for arterial gas embolism? Crit Care Med 33 (2005), 909-910...of iatrogenic cerebral arterial gas embolism. Undersea Hyperb Med 30 (2003...
January 1, 2007; Journal of Pediatric Neurology

3. Hysteroscopy and gas embolism
...diagnostic hysteroscopy1. We have had three cases of probable gas embolism during diagnostic CO2 hysteroscopies under general anaesthesia...returned to normal within five minutes. The incidence of gas embolism during diagnostic CO2 hysteroscopy has been studied...
June 1, 1999; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

4. gas embolism
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 gas embolism, a blockage of one or more small blood vessels, especially in the muscles, tendons, and joints. It is caused by expanding bubbles...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

5. Venous embolism of diathermy evolved gases complicating endometrial ablation using glycine irrigant
SUMMARY A case is reported of venous gas embolism in a 44-year-old woman undergoing...hysteroscopy, diathermy Venous gas embolism under anaesthesia is normally associated...precordium. A diagnosis of venous gas embolism was made, the patient commenced...
February 1, 1998; ive Care

6. Cerebral involvement in decompression sickness.
...damage, intravascular blockage and gas embolism. Decompression sickness may be...condition is cerebral arterial gas embolism. Opinions differ as to the frequency...decompression sickness or cerebral arterial gas embolism. Twenty-three had type II decompression...
April 1, 1990; American Family Physician

7. What is not safe.(Family Life)
* Scuba diving is not safe, as the foetus is not protected against decompression sickness and gas embolism. * Horse riding, downhill skiing, ice hockey, gymnastics and cycling should be avoided because a fall could harm the unborn child...
March 21, 2006; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

8. The Role of Radiology in Dive-Related Disorders
...disorders such as decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism can be fatal, whereas disorders such as ear barotrauma...the arterial circulation, giving rise to an arterial gas embolism (AGE). Indeed, AGE ranks second behind drowning as the...
January 1, 2005; Military Medicine

9. air embolism
...can enter a vessel by needle, during surgery, or through a puncture wound. See also decompression sickness, embolus, gas embolism. The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this encyclopedia are not intended as a substitute for consulting...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

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...insurance Many insurance companies cover hyperbaric treatments for the following conditions: radiation tissue effects air or gas embolism carbon monoxide poisoning clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene) crush injury and other acute trauma ischemia (restricted...
January 30, 2008; Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)