The Occurrence of Coronary AIr Embolism in Artificial Pneumothorax

Article1 June 1935THE OCCURRENCE OF CORONARY AIR EMBOLISM IN ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAXT. M. DURANT, M.D.T. M. DURANT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-12-1625 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough air embolism is an infrequent complication of diagnostic and therapeutic measures, it is so startling and dramatic in its manifestations as to have been long a subject of great interest. Its occurrence has not been limited to any one field of medicine. Otolaryngologists have reported cases following antrum puncture (Garding,1Bacher2). Gynecologists have observed the condition in induced abortion, and also in version in cases of placenta praevia (Fink,3Gough4). In the field of general surgery it has apparently been most common in operations on the neck. This is probably due to the size of the venous channels in...References1. GARDING R: Air embolism after antrum puncture, Ann. Otol., Rhinol. and Laryngol., 1920, xxix, 293. Google Scholar2. BACHER JA: Fatal air embolism after puncture of maxillary antrum; autopsy, Calif. State Jr. Med., 1923, xxi, 433. Google Scholar3. FINK K: Luft- und Gasdepots am schwangeren und frisch entbundenen Uterus als subakute Lebensgefahr und Todesursache, Monatschr. f. Geburtsh. u. Gynäk., 1920, lii, 386-393. Google Scholar4. GOUGH JA: Air embolism in obstetrics, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1924, xxxix, 27-31. Google Scholar5. SCHLAEPFER K: Collateral circulation in chronic obstruction of pulmonary veins and its relation to air embolism following various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (pneumolysis), Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1923, xxxvii, 510-520. Google Scholar6. JACKSONBABCOCK CWW: Coronary air embolism, Surg. Clin. N. Am., 1930, x, 1265-1269. Google Scholar7. BERGSTRAND H: Air embolism, Svenska Läk.-Sällsk. Handl., 1923, xlix, 209-240. Google Scholar8. JOANNIDESTSOULOS MGD: Etiology of interstitial and mediastinal emphysema; experimental production of gas embolism, Arch. Surg., 1930, xxi, 333-339. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. STEPPPARADE WGW: Untersuchungen und Betrachtungen über den plötzlichen Herztod durch Kammerflummern, München, med. Wchnschr., 1928, lxxv, 1869-1872. Google Scholar10. WEVER E: Cerebrale Luftembolie, Beitr. z. Klin. d. Tuberk., 1914, xxxi, 159-230. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. CAPPSLEWIS JADD: Observation upon certain blood-pressure-lowering reflexes that arise from irritation of the inflamed pleura, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1907, cxxxiv, 868-894. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SCHLAEPFER K: Air embolism following various diagnostic or therapeutic procedures in diseases of pleura and lung, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1922, xxxiii, 321-330. Google Scholar13. RUKSTINAT G: Experimental air embolism of coronary arteries, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 26-28. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. COBBS BW: Prevention of air emboli in artificial pneumothorax, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1933, xxviii, 196-197. Google Scholar15. RUKSTINATLECOUNT GJER: Air in coronary arteries, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1776-1779. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. STRATMANUHLENBRUCK GP: Über das Elektrokardiogramm nach Luftembolie, Ztschr. f. Kreislaufforsch., 1928, xx, 193-199. Google Scholar17. POLLAK M: Air embolus, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1933, xxviii, 187-195. Google Scholar18. WILSON FN: Electrocardiogram in myocardial infarction with particular reference to initial deflections of ventricular complex, Heart, 1933, xvi, 155-177. Google Scholar19. VALLIN E: Eclamptic convulsions complicating thoracentesis, Bull. e. mem. Soc. med. d. hôp. de Paris, 1870, vi, 261-267. Google Scholar20. SAPHIR O: Coronary embolism, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 312-322. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. VILLANI JT: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, Michigan*Received for publication January 22, 1935.From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byErkennung und Verhütung von Luftembolien während neurochirurgischer Eingriffe in sitzender PositionSurvey of literature related to the problems of gas embolism in human bodyAir embolism to the pulmonary artery during insertion of transvenous endocardial pacemakerAir embolism.Cor pulmonaleCor pulmonaleElectrocardiographic manifestations of air in the coronary arteries of dying and resuscitated heartsAIR EMBOLISM*ARCHIBALD C. COHEN, GEORGE C. GLINSKY, GEORGE E. MARTIN, F.A.C.P., K. I. FETTERHOFFArterial air embolismPulmonary (venous) air embolismAIR EMBOLISM IN URETHROSCOPY AND TUBAL INSUFFLATION 1 June 1935Volume 8, Issue 12Page: 1625-1632KeywordsPlacentaSurgery Issue Published: 1 June 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...