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Significant air embolism: A possibility even with collapsible intravenous fluid containers when used with rapid infuser system.
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PMID:  20532073     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Significant venous air embolism may develop acutely during the perioperative period due to a number of causes such as during head and neck surgery, spinal surgery, improper central venous and haemodialysis catheter handling, etc. The current trend of using self collapsible intravenous (IV) infusion bags instead of the conventional glass or plastic bottles has several advantages, one of thaem being protection against air embolism. We present a 56-year-old man undergoing kidney transplantation, who developed a near fatal venous air embolism during volume resuscitation with normal saline in collapsible IV bags used with rapid infuser system. To our knowledge, this problem with collapsible infusion bags has not been reported earlier.
Authors:
Deepanjali Pant; Krishan Kumar Narani; Jayashree Sood
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Indian journal of anaesthesia     Volume:  54     ISSN:  0976-2817     ISO Abbreviation:  Indian J Anaesth     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
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Created Date:  2010-06-10     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0013243     Medline TA:  Indian J Anaesth     Country:  India    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  49-51     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi - 110 060, India.
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