Talk:Air embolism

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thanks Alex!Erich 06:00, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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Air emboli as a complication of medical procedures is actually fairly common, it is rare that it causes symptoms however. Arterial embolism seems to usualy be a paradoxical embolous resulting from increased right sided pressure and a patent foramen ovale, so I added that in. I also added a bit about neurosurgery and central lines. Osmodiar 08:02, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] needs a little work?

I came here looking for how an embolism causes death precisely; that information should probably be in the lead but instead it is burried in the second paragraph. Thoughts? BFD1 12:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I took the liberty. I think both paragraphs still stand alone, but maybe someone will correct me. BFD1 14:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] think about it...

The statement that it doesn't cause instant death needs reviewing. It depends on what you mean with 'instant'. If a large enough air bubble is injected into a vein it can physically hault the blood flow when arriving at thinner vessels, and thus cause a heart attack. Its simple physics: a compressible volume (air bubble) injected into an incompressible flowing system (blood). Death will follow maybe not instantaneously but very quickly. I added an extra link for additional reference.

201.26.118.167 19:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

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