Fatal air embolism as complication of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, two case reports

BACKGROUND: Tracheostomy is recommended in case of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Therefore, most patients with an indication for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) will also have an indication for tracheostomy. CASE PRESENTATION: We report 2 cases of fatal air embolism into th...

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Veröffentlicht in:J Cardiothorac Surg
Hauptverfasser: Lother, Achim, Wengenmayer, Tobias, Benk, Christoph, Bode, Christoph, Staudacher, Dawid L.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940884/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27401983
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0489-9
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