Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Jan 2008
Review Case ReportsArterial gas embolism: a review of cases at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, 1996 to 2006.
Arterial gas embolism may occur as a complication of diving or certain medical procedures. Although relatively rare, the consequences may be disastrous. Recent articles in the critical care literature suggest the non-hyperbaric medical community may not be aware of the role for hyperbaric oxygen therapy in non-diving related gas embolism. ⋯ Two remained severely affected with major neurological injury. Both had non-diving-related arterial gas embolism. There was a good outcome in the majority of patients who presented with arterial gas embolism and were treated with compression.