Systemic air embolism as a complication of gastroscopy

Gastroscopy is a common medical procedure with a low complication rate. Most complications are related to respiratory or cardiovascular incidents, especially in sedated patients. Systemic air embolism secondary to gastroscopy is one of the most serious complications, which has been described in few...

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Autores principales: Emir, Tulumović, Denijal, Tulumović
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6611497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omz057
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description Gastroscopy is a common medical procedure with a low complication rate. Most complications are related to respiratory or cardiovascular incidents, especially in sedated patients. Systemic air embolism secondary to gastroscopy is one of the most serious complications, which has been described in few case reports. We describe an interesting case of gastroscopy-related systemic air embolism in a 73-year-old patient.
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spelling pubmed-66114972019-07-10 Systemic air embolism as a complication of gastroscopy Emir, Tulumović Denijal, Tulumović Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report Gastroscopy is a common medical procedure with a low complication rate. Most complications are related to respiratory or cardiovascular incidents, especially in sedated patients. Systemic air embolism secondary to gastroscopy is one of the most serious complications, which has been described in few case reports. We describe an interesting case of gastroscopy-related systemic air embolism in a 73-year-old patient. Oxford University Press 2019-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6611497/ /pubmed/31293787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omz057 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_short Systemic air embolism as a complication of gastroscopy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6611497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omz057
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