Cerebral arterial air embolism associated with coughing on a continuous positive airway pressure circuit

Crit Care Med. 1991 Jul;19(7):985-7. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199107000-00029.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cough / complications*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / therapy*
  • Embolism, Air / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism, Air / etiology*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Male
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / adverse effects*
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / instrumentation
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / standards
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed