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Rev. chil. anest; 49 (4), 2020

Carbon dioxide (CO) embolism is a complication of laparoscopic surgery that, although often does not have adverse sequelae, can be fatal. This is due to the fact that when CO is injected into the blood vessels, the bubbles impede blood flow, which clinically expresses as: decreased stroke volume, hypoxem...

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Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (5), 2016

Abstract We report a case of venous air embolism during abdominal myomectomy. Although true incidence of venous air embolism is not known, in literature most of reported cases are belongs to sitting position craniotomies. Many of those are subclinical, and diagnostic methods have varying degrees of sensi...

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La oxigenación hiperbárica es una modalidad terapéutica no invasiva en la cual el pacientes respira oxígeno puro en el interior de una cámara de acero herméticamente cerrada, a presión atmosférica mayor a la ambiental (cámara hiperbárica). Existen solo dos efectos básicos que describen el meca...