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Air embolism as a cause of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome: a case report

We describe a case of systemic inflammatory response syndrome associated with air embolism following the removal of a central line catheter, coupled with a deep inspiratory maneuver. The presence of a patent foramen ovale allowed the passage of a clinically significant amount of air from the venous...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Tarun, Gutierrez, Guillermo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC270722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12974976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2362