the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure
decompression sickness
Examples of 'air embolism' in a sentence
air embolism
No pneumothorax or air embolism was documented.
Yazmin Yaacob, Dang V Nguyen, Zahiah Mohamed, A Razali A Ralib, Rozman Zakaria, SobriMuda 2013, 'Image-guided chemoport insertion by interventional radiologists: A single-center experienceon periprocedural complications', Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaginghttp://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2013;volume=23;issue=2;spage=121;epage=125;aulast=Yaacob. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Bubbles in the coronary vessels (indicating air embolism) become visible.
Beatrice Vogel, Axel Heinemann, Axel Gehl, Iwao Hasegawa, Wilhelm-Wolfgan Höpker,Chanasom Poodendaen, Antonios Tzikas, Helmut Gulbins, Hermann Reichenspurner, KlausPüschel, Hermann Vogel 2014, 'Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) and PMCT-angiography after transvascular cardiacintervention', Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminologyhttp://www.termedia.pl/Post-mortem-computed-tomography-PMCT-and-PMCT-angiography-after-transvascular-cardiac-intervention,82,23750,1,1.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A diagnosis of venous air embolism was made by exclusion.
Mohamad Zaki Haji Mohd Amin, James Tan Boon Beng, Brian Teo Yian Young, Nur Aida FarukSeman, Teo Shu Ching, Wong Chung Chek 2019, 'A case of cardiac arrest due to air embolism during scoliosis surgery', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgeryhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2309499019840083. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Subsequent echocardiography confirmed an air embolism by detecting bubbles in the heart.
Peng Zhang, Chen Qing, Jianbo Li, Shisheng Zhu 2017, 'Case of fatal air embolism during double-J ureteral stent placement', Journal of Forensic Science and Medicinehttp://www.jfsmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2349-5014;year=2017;volume=3;issue=3;spage=177;epage=179;aulast=Zhang. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report a case of venous air embolism during abdominal myomectomy.
Betül Basaran, Ahmet Basaran, Betül Kozanhan, Sadık Özmen, Mustafa Basaran 2016, 'Simple handling of venous air embolism during abdominal myomectomy', Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414000931. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Coronary air embolism remains a serious complication of cardiac catheterization despite careful prevention.
Luh Oliva Saraswati Suastika, Yudi Her Oktaviono 2016, 'Multiple Air Embolism during Coronary Angiography: How do We Deal with it?', Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiologyhttps://doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S38040. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Air embolism may be an alternative cause of stroke during thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
Kamuran Inci, Giasemi Koutouzi, Valery Chernoray, Anders Jeppsson, Håkan Nilsson,Mårten Falkenberg 2016, 'Air bubbles are released by thoracic endograft deployment: An in vitro experimentalstudy', SAGE Open Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1177/2050312116682130. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
One patient (0.4%) had a minor air embolism with transient symptoms.
Laurent M. Haegeli, Thomas Wolber, Ercüment Ercin, Lukas Altwegg, Nazmi Krasniqi,Paul G. Novak, Laurence D. Sterns, Corinna B. Brunckhorst, Thomas F. Lüscher, RichardA. Leather, Firat Duru 2010, 'Double Transseptal Puncture for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Safety ofthe Technique and Its Use in the Outpatient Setting', Cardiology Research and Practicehttp://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/295297. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)