An air embolism, also known as a gas embolism, is a blood vessel blockage caused by one or more bubbles of air or other gas in the circulatory system...
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globule (fat embolism), a bubble of air or other gas (gas embolism), amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid embolism), or foreign material. An embolism can cause...
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Lucy Letby (section Air embolism)
skin discolouration interpreted as diagnostics of insulin poisoning and air embolism, inconsistencies in medical records, Letby’s removal of nursing handover...
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Fat embolism – embolism of bone fracture or fat droplets. Air embolism (also known as a gas embolism) – embolism of air bubbles. Septic embolism – embolism...
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Central venous catheter (section Venous air embolism)
into the superior vena cava. Entry of air into venous circulation has the potential to cause a venous air embolism. This is a rare complication of CVC placement...
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treat a venous air embolism by placing the right ventricular outflow tract inferior to the right ventricular cavity, causing the air to migrate superiorly...
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The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was...
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms...
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Bag valve mask (section Lung injury and air embolism)
contained a large volume of air," and the "aorta and pulmonary arteries were filled with air" – a condition called an air embolism which "is almost uniformly...
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infections. In addition, sexual activities that force air into the vagina can lead to a fatal air embolism, predominantly during pregnancy. A 2021 study found...
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emphysema, and possibly fatal complications such as Fournier's gangrene or air embolism. Cock and ball torture Hydrocele Medical fetish Pneumoscrotum Sharma...
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An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid enters the blood stream of the mother,...
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purposely blowing air at force into the vaginal cavity can cause an air embolism, which in very rare cases can be dangerous for the woman, and if pregnant...
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creating blockages. When an embolus occludes a blood vessel, it is called an embolism or embolic event. There are a number of different types of emboli, including...
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fluid), or gas (like air). Once these masses get "stuck" in a different blood vessel, it is then known as an "embolism." An embolism can cause ischemia—damage...
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altitude, and extravehicular activity from spacecraft. DCS and arterial gas embolism are collectively referred to as decompression illness. Since bubbles can...
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hydrophilic Glidewire 0.035 inches can be used. To prevent embolism (either due to blood clot or air embolism, "double flush" and "wet connect" techniques are used...
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to manage the gas supply. and often obscures the real cause of death. Air embolism is also frequently cited as a cause of death, and it, too is the consequence...
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decompressed from 9 atmospheres to the ambient external pressure of 1 atm. Air rushed out of the chamber system with tremendous force, jamming the interior...
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dives to rescue a diver knocked overboard without an air line. Sunday develops an air embolism which prevents him from ever diving again. Brashear is...
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Decompression illness (section Arterial gas embolism)
or aviators flying in inadequately pressurised aircraft. Arterial gas embolism (AGE), which is perfusion blockage caused by gas bubbles in the arterial...
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must be taken to ensure no air is in the circuit when the two are connected, or else the patient could develop an air embolism. Other sites for arterial...
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The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed...
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Homolka planned to murder Mahaffy by injecting an air bubble into her bloodstream, triggering an air embolism. During the after-school hours of April 16, 1992...
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Baylock visits Katherine in the hospital and causes her to have an air embolism which kills her. Learning of Katherine's death, Robert goes to Megiddo...
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systems employ a drip chamber, which prevents air from entering the bloodstream (causing an air embolism), and allows visual estimation of flow rate of...
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environments where sufficiently oxygenated air is present, but cannot be adequately breathed because of air contamination such as excessive smoke. Other...
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Systems. BD stated that the use of the affected devices may cause an air embolism or leakage of blood and/or therapy, which may result in serious injury...
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demonstration of flow choking in the stenosis artery of the animal with air embolism". Physics of Fluids. 34 (10). Bibcode:2022PhFl...34j1302S. doi:10.1063/5...
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Homolka planned to murder Mahaffy by injecting an air bubble into her bloodstream, triggering an air embolism. During the after-school hours of April 16, 1992...
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