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Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report
Venous air embolism (VAE) is a rare but potentially lethal condition. It has numerous clinical and physiological causes. We present a case report of a 72-year-old Saudi male, known case of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and ischemic heart disease. The patient came to the emergency room (ER) c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9935085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36819379 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33896 |
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author | Alrasheedi, Sami M Alhumaidan, Lama S Alkhathami, Abdulmajeed A Alhati, Maram |
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description | Venous air embolism (VAE) is a rare but potentially lethal condition. It has numerous clinical and physiological causes. We present a case report of a 72-year-old Saudi male, known case of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and ischemic heart disease. The patient came to the emergency room (ER) complaining of the heaviness of the tongue that resolved spontaneously within a few hours. He underwent percutaneous coronary angiography three months ago. The patient with the previously mentioned neurological symptoms, who had been misdiagnosed as having transient cerebral ischemia, was, after a computerized tomography (CT) scan result, diagnosed with venous air embolism. Venous air embolism can occur in situations other than those in which patients are traditionally thought to be at risk, making diagnosis difficult. Any sudden change in mental status and hemodynamic alterations during minimally invasive procedures should raise the physician's suspicion of VAE. Because VAE is an uncommon complication, few cases have been recorded in Saudi Arabia. |
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spelling | pubmed-99350852023-02-18 Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report Alrasheedi, Sami M Alhumaidan, Lama S Alkhathami, Abdulmajeed A Alhati, Maram Cureus Anesthesiology Venous air embolism (VAE) is a rare but potentially lethal condition. It has numerous clinical and physiological causes. We present a case report of a 72-year-old Saudi male, known case of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and ischemic heart disease. The patient came to the emergency room (ER) complaining of the heaviness of the tongue that resolved spontaneously within a few hours. He underwent percutaneous coronary angiography three months ago. The patient with the previously mentioned neurological symptoms, who had been misdiagnosed as having transient cerebral ischemia, was, after a computerized tomography (CT) scan result, diagnosed with venous air embolism. Venous air embolism can occur in situations other than those in which patients are traditionally thought to be at risk, making diagnosis difficult. Any sudden change in mental status and hemodynamic alterations during minimally invasive procedures should raise the physician's suspicion of VAE. Because VAE is an uncommon complication, few cases have been recorded in Saudi Arabia. Cureus 2023-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9935085/ /pubmed/36819379 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33896 Text en Copyright © 2023, Alrasheedi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Anesthesiology Alrasheedi, Sami M Alhumaidan, Lama S Alkhathami, Abdulmajeed A Alhati, Maram Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report |
title | Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report |
title_full | Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report |
title_short | Incidental Finding of Venous Air Embolism: A Case Report |
title_sort | incidental finding of venous air embolism: a case report |
topic | Anesthesiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9935085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36819379 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33896 |
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