Cerebral air embolism during an aircraft flight in a passenger with an air-filled lung cavity associated with remote lung surgery

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Sep;146(3):e18-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.008. Epub 2013 Jun 21.
No abstract available

Keywords: 1; 11.4; 21; 41.2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Air
  • Air Travel*
  • Aircraft*
  • Embolism, Air / diagnosis
  • Embolism, Air / etiology*
  • Embolism, Air / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology*
  • Intracranial Embolism / therapy
  • Male
  • Pneumonectomy / adverse effects*
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed