Systemic air embolism during wedge resection of the lung

T M Hemmerling; J Schmidt; C Bosert; P Klein

doi:10.1097/00000539-200111000-00014

Systemic air embolism during wedge resection of the lung

Anesth Analg. 2001 Nov;93(5):1135-6, table of contents. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00014.

Authors

T M Hemmerling¹, J Schmidt, C Bosert, P Klein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 11682382
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00014

Abstract

We present a case of systemic arterial embolism during wedge resection of the lung. The importance of transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism, Air / diagnostic imaging
Embolism, Air / etiology*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / secondary
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*