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Systemic air embolism complicating upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: a case report with post-mortem CT scan findings and review of literature

Endoscopy of the gastrointestinal and biliary tract is a common procedure and is routinely performed for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Perforation, bleeding and infection are some of the more common reported side effects. Air embolism on the other hand, is a rare complication of gastrointesti...

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Autores principales: Ali, Zabiullah, Bolster, Ferdia, Goldberg, Eric, Fowler, David, Li, Ling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30483611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2016.1252898