Massive air embolism after lung biopsy

Circulation. 2014 Mar 4;129(9):1046-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004241.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy / adverse effects
  • Comorbidity
  • Embolism, Air / etiology*
  • Embolism, Air / mortality*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Male
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration
  • Prone Position
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / epidemiology
  • Sepsis / diagnosis*
  • Sepsis / epidemiology