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Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2013; 8 (2): 124-126
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-160810
ABSTRACT
A 22-year-old obese asthmatic woman with Influenza A [H1 N1]-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome died from cerebral artery gas emboli with massive cerebral infarction while being treated with High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in the absence of a right to left intracardiac shunt. We review and briefly discuss other causes of systemic gas emboli [SGE]. We review proposed mechanisms of SGE, their relation to our case, and how improved understanding of the risk factors may help prevent SGE in positive pressure ventilated patients