• Chest · Aug 1987

    Case Reports

    Acute pulmonary edema caused by venous air embolism after removal of a subclavian catheter.

    • M Kuhn, J W Fitting, and P Leuenberger.
    • Chest. 1987 Aug 1; 92 (2): 364-5.

    AbstractA 17-year-old boy, who had received chemotherapy for a relapse of acute myelogenous leukemia, manifested a brief loss of consciousness and acute pulmonary edema immediately after the removal of a triple-lumen subclavian catheter. This complication was attributed to a venous air embolism.

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