Uncommon Occurrence of an Air Embolism during the Preanhepatic Phase of an Orthotopic Liver Transplant

Vascular air embolism (VAE) during liver transplantation usually occurs during the dissection phase of the procedure or during liver reperfusion. If this phenomenon occurs, it can cause significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurological complications. Prompt identification of VAE is essential,...

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Autores principales: Smart, Klint J., Yaghoubian, Saman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34408914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6628961
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description Vascular air embolism (VAE) during liver transplantation usually occurs during the dissection phase of the procedure or during liver reperfusion. If this phenomenon occurs, it can cause significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurological complications. Prompt identification of VAE is essential, and the surgeon should be immediately notified. The mainstay treatment is identification and rectification of the source of the air embolus, hemodynamic support, and prevention of further air entrainment. This case report describes the occurrence of a pulmonary air embolism during the preanhepatic phase of an orthotopic liver transplant.
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spelling pubmed-83674522021-08-17 Uncommon Occurrence of an Air Embolism during the Preanhepatic Phase of an Orthotopic Liver Transplant Smart, Klint J. Yaghoubian, Saman Case Rep Anesthesiol Case Report Vascular air embolism (VAE) during liver transplantation usually occurs during the dissection phase of the procedure or during liver reperfusion. If this phenomenon occurs, it can cause significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurological complications. Prompt identification of VAE is essential, and the surgeon should be immediately notified. The mainstay treatment is identification and rectification of the source of the air embolus, hemodynamic support, and prevention of further air entrainment. This case report describes the occurrence of a pulmonary air embolism during the preanhepatic phase of an orthotopic liver transplant. Hindawi 2021-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8367452/ /pubmed/34408914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6628961 Text en Copyright © 2021 Klint J. Smart and Saman Yaghoubian. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Uncommon Occurrence of an Air Embolism during the Preanhepatic Phase of an Orthotopic Liver Transplant
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367452/
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