Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report

BACKGROUND: Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is a rare but potentially devastating complication of endoscopic procedures. Only 3 cases, to our knowledge, have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 50-year-old female patient presented with hepatitis C virus-related hepatic cirrhosis, emergency endoscopy and...

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Autores principales: Bai, Xue-song, Yang, Bo, Yu, Yi-jun, Liu, Hong-lan, Yin, Zi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5999461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29879047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000010965
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author Bai, Xue-song
Yang, Bo
Yu, Yi-jun
Liu, Hong-lan
Yin, Zi
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description BACKGROUND: Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is a rare but potentially devastating complication of endoscopic procedures. Only 3 cases, to our knowledge, have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 50-year-old female patient presented with hepatitis C virus-related hepatic cirrhosis, emergency endoscopy and endoscopic variceal ligation was performed in an awakened state. CAE occurred during procedure, the patient passed away the next day in the intensive care unit. CONCLUSIONS: CAE is a rare but potentially devastating complication in endoscopic procedures. We need more preventive tools and treatments.
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spelling pubmed-59994612018-06-20 Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report Bai, Xue-song Yang, Bo Yu, Yi-jun Liu, Hong-lan Yin, Zi Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article BACKGROUND: Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is a rare but potentially devastating complication of endoscopic procedures. Only 3 cases, to our knowledge, have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 50-year-old female patient presented with hepatitis C virus-related hepatic cirrhosis, emergency endoscopy and endoscopic variceal ligation was performed in an awakened state. CAE occurred during procedure, the patient passed away the next day in the intensive care unit. CONCLUSIONS: CAE is a rare but potentially devastating complication in endoscopic procedures. We need more preventive tools and treatments. Wolters Kluwer Health 2018-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5999461/ /pubmed/29879047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000010965 Text en Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report
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title_full Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report
title_fullStr Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report
title_short Cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: A case report
title_sort cerebral air embolism following an endoscopic variceal ligation: a case report
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5999461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29879047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000010965
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