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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no specific symptoms for air embolism, and it can be misdiagnosed as many other conditions. | |||
The History of a patient plays an important role in its diagnosis | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
*The diagnosis of air [[embolism]] is clinical and should be suspected in patients with history of: | |||
:*High risk procedures | |||
:*Scuba diving | |||
:*Trauma to head, neck, thorax or abdomen | |||
:*Hemodialysis catheters | |||
:*Positive pressure ventilation | |||
*Symptoms of air [[embolism]] depend on:<ref>{{Cite journal | |||
| author = [[Marek A. Mirski]], [[Abhijit Vijay Lele]], [[Lunei Fitzsimmons]] & [[Thomas J. K. Toung]] | |||
| title = Diagnosis and treatment of vascular air embolism | |||
| journal = [[Anesthesiology]] | |||
| volume = 106 | |||
| issue = 1 | |||
| pages = 164–177 | |||
| year = 2007 | |||
| month = January | |||
| pmid = 17197859 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
**the location | |||
**size of the emboli | |||
**rate of emboli formation | |||
** patient spontaneously breathing | |||
** patient under controlled positive pressure ventilation | |||
*Symptoms include the following: | |||
:*Dyspnea | |||
:*Cough | |||
:*Chest pain | |||
:*Mental status changes | |||
:*Dizziness/ Vertigo | |||
:*Nausea | |||
:*Syncope | |||
:*Headache | |||
:*Anxiety | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
There are no specific symptoms for air embolism, and it can be misdiagnosed as many other conditions. The History of a patient plays an important role in its diagnosis
History and Symptoms
- The diagnosis of air embolism is clinical and should be suspected in patients with history of:
- High risk procedures
- Scuba diving
- Trauma to head, neck, thorax or abdomen
- Hemodialysis catheters
- Positive pressure ventilation
- Symptoms of air embolism depend on:[1]
- the location
- size of the emboli
- rate of emboli formation
- patient spontaneously breathing
- patient under controlled positive pressure ventilation
- Symptoms include the following:
- Dyspnea
- Cough
- Chest pain
- Mental status changes
- Dizziness/ Vertigo
- Nausea
- Syncope
- Headache
- Anxiety
References
- ↑ Marek A. Mirski, Abhijit Vijay Lele, Lunei Fitzsimmons & Thomas J. K. Toung (2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of vascular air embolism". Anesthesiology. 106 (1): 164–177. PMID 17197859. Unknown parameter
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