Fatal paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation

L Olmedilla; I Garutti; J Pérez-Peña; J Sanz; E Teigell; M Avellanal

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013367

Fatal paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation

Br J Anaesth. 2000 Jan;84(1):112-4. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013367.

Authors

L Olmedilla¹, I Garutti, J Pérez-Peña, J Sanz, E Teigell, M Avellanal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 10740561
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013367

Abstract

We describe a case of fatal paradoxical coronary air embolism during liver transplantation. The literature on the diagnosis and prophylaxis of paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation is reviewed and discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Embolism, Air / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications*
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
Vena Cava, Inferior / injuries