A Case of Air Embolism as a Result of Artificial Pneumothorax Treatment

A Case of Air Embolism as a Result of Puncturing the Lung

Medical Officer In-charge, Rai Bahadur Amar Natli Tuberculosis Institute, Mayo Hospital, Lahore Air embolism is a very rare but a very serious complication of artificial pneumothorax treatment. It occurs most frequently during the induction of pneumothorax, but on certain rare occasions has been met with during a re-fill. Cases have also been recorded in which the entry of a needle into the lun...

Death from cerebral air embolism during thoracoscopy.

Many cases of patients who have died from air embolism during surgical operations have been reported, and in some of these the mode of death has suggested a cerebral lesion, but in very few have the brains been carefully examined at necropsy. As a result there is at present a state of uncertainty as regards the nature and pathology of cerebral air embolism. Bohorfoush (1943) described finding "...

Systemic air embolism following induction of artificial pneumothorax under anaesthesia, with successful management.

Systemic air embolism occurred in a patient during general anaesthesia, with positive pressure ventilation, following induction of artificial pneumothorax to assist in the diagnosis of a mediastinal mass. A sudden change in vital signs together with neurological abnormalities suggested involvement of both coronary and cerebral arteries. A trace of blood was noticed in the syringe which the surg...

The Experience of 'Air Embolism-Pleural Shock during Artificial Pneumothorax in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases'

Periodontal Pockets as a Potential Source of Infection: a Case of Possible Odontogenic Septic Pulmonary Embolism

Although dental foci can be sources of bacteremia and bacterial endocarditis, hematogenous spread of infection presented with septic pulmonary embolism apparently is rare. The occurrence of septic pulmonary embolism in patients with periodontal disease without suppurative thrombophlebitis of the great vessels of the neck is well documented but to our knowledge, there is no report on septic pulm...