Cerebral air embolism: neurologic manifestations, prognosis, and outcome
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14110/24:00136525 RIV/61988987:17110/24:A25038F4 RIV/00216208:11110/24:10482510 RIV/00216208:11150/24:10482510 and 2 more
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2024.1417006/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2024.1417006/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1417006" target="_blank" >10.3389/fneur.2024.1417006</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cerebral air embolism: neurologic manifestations, prognosis, and outcome
Original language description
Background Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is an uncommon medical emergency with a potentially fatal course. We have retrospectively analyzed a set of patients treated with CAE at our comprehensive stroke center and a hyperbaric medicine center. An overview of the pathophysiology, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of CAE is provided.Results We retrospectively identified 11 patients with cerebral venous and arterial air emboli that highlight the diversity in etiologies, manifestations, and disease courses encountered clinically. Acute-onset stroke syndrome and a progressive impairment of consciousness were the two most common presentations in four patients each (36%). Two patients (18%) suffered from an acute-onset coma, and one (9%) was asymptomatic. Four patients (36%) were treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBTO), high-flow oxygen therapy without HBOT was started in two patients (18%), two patients (18%) were in critical care at the time of diagnosis and three (27%) received no additional treatment. CAE was fatal in five cases (46%), caused severe disability in two (18%), mild disability in three (27%), and a single patient had no lasting deficit (9%).Conclusion Cerebral air embolism is a dangerous condition that necessitates high clinical vigilance. Due to its diverse presentation, the diagnosis can be missed or delayed in critically ill patients and result in long-lasting or fatal neurological complications. Preventative measures and a proper diagnostic and treatment approach reduce CAE's incidence and impact.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30210 - Clinical neurology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Frontiers in Neurology
ISSN
1664-2295
e-ISSN
1664-2295
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June 2024
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1417006
UT code for WoS article
001260491000001
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