Delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy for air emboli after open heart surgery: case report and review of a success story

Niyibizi, Eva; Kembi, Guillaume Elyes; Lae, Claude; Pignel, Rodrigue; Sologashvili, Tornike

doi:10.1186/s13019-016-0553-5

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Delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy for air emboli after open heart surgery: case report and review of a success story

ContributorsNiyibizi, Eva; Kembi, Guillaume Elyes; Lae, Claude; Pignel, Rodrigue; Sologashvili, Tornike

Published inJournal of cardiothoracic surgery, vol. 11, no. 1, 167

Publication date2016

Abstract

The current case describes a rare diagnosis of iatrogenic air emboli after elective cardiopulmonary bypass that was successfully treated with delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy, with good clinical evolution in spite of rare complications.

Keywords

Cardiac surgery
Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HOT)
Iatrogenic cerebral air emboli
Neurologic deficit

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research groups

L'hypertension pulmonaire (pédiatrie) (228)

Citation (ISO format)

NIYIBIZI, Eva et al. Delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy for air emboli after open heart surgery: case report and review of a success story. In: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2016, vol. 11, n° 1, p. 167. doi: 10.1186/s13019-016-0553-5

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PID : unige:93259
DOI : 10.1186/s13019-016-0553-5
PMID : 27919270

ISSN of the journal1749-8090

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Delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy for air emboli after open heart surgery: case report and review of a success story

The current case describes a rare diagnosis of iatrogenic air emboli after elective cardiopulmonary bypass that was successfully treated with delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy, with good clinical evolution in spite of rare complications.

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