Acute stroke from air embolism to the middle cerebral artery following upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Acute stroke from cerebral-artery air embolism is a very rare occurrence during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Computed tomography is a quick and reliable method of detecting cerebral air embolism if performed within an appropriate timeframe. We found 20 reported cases of air embolism with EGD in...

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Autores principales: Oatis, Kristi, Agarwal, Ambika, Bruce-Tagoe, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307849
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v5i1.359

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307849
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v5i1.359

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