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Anan’ev E.P.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Polupan A.A.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Savin I.A.

Federal State Autonomous Institution «N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, 125047, Moscow, 4-th Tverskaya-Yamskaya str.,16, Russia

Goriachev A.S.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Troitskiy A.P.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Kolokol’nikov A.E.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Kulikovskiy V.P.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Matskovskiy I.V.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Abramov T.A.

Burdenko National Research Center for Neurosurgery of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Podlepich V.V.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Krilov K.Yu.

Russian Federation of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists, Russia

Sychev A.A.

FGBU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko" RAMN, Moskva

Tabasaranskiĭ T.F.

FGBU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. N.N. Burdenko" RAMN, Moskva

Pashin A.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Lubnin A.Yu.

Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russia, N.N. Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Paradoxical air embolism resulted in acute myocardial infarction and massive ischemic brain injury in a patient operated on in a sitting position

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Anan’ev E.P., Polupan A.A., Savin I.A., Goriachev A.S., Troitskiy A.P., Kolokol’nikov A.E., Kulikovskiy V.P., Matskovskiy I.V., Abramov T.A., Podlepich V.V., Krilov K.Yu., Sychev A.A., Tabasaranskiĭ T.F., Pashin A.A., Lubnin A.Yu.

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Journal: Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2016;80(2): 84‑92

DOI: 10.17116/neiro201680284-92

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PARADOXICAL AIR EMBOLISM RESULTED IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND MASSIVE ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY IN A PATIENT OPERATED ON IN A SITTING POSITION
PARADOXICAL AIR EMBOLISM RESULTED IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND MASSIVE ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY IN A PATIENT OPERATED ON IN A SITTING POSITION

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Anan’ev EP, Polupan AA, Savin IA, et al. Paradoxical air embolism resulted in acute myocardial infarction and massive ischemic brain injury in a patient operated on in a sitting position. Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2016;80(2):84‑92. (In Russ., In Engl.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/neiro201680284-92

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Abstract:

Paradoxical air embolism (PAE) is a rare life-threatening complication when air emboli enter arteries of the systemic circulation and cause their occlusion. Here, we describe a clinical case of PAE developed during neurosurgery in a patient in the sitting position. PAE led to injuries to the cerebral blood vessels, coronary arteries, and lungs, which caused death of the patient. An effective measure for preventing PAE is abandoning surgery in the sitting position in favor of surgery in the prone position.

Keywords:

neurosurgery
sitting position
paradoxical air embolism
ischemic brain injury
acute myocardial infarction

Authors:

Anan’ev E.P.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Polupan A.A.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Savin I.A.

Federal State Autonomous Institution «N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, 125047, Moscow, 4-th Tverskaya-Yamskaya str.,16, Russia

Goriachev A.S.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Troitskiy A.P.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Kolokol’nikov A.E.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Kulikovskiy V.P.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Matskovskiy I.V.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Abramov T.A.

Burdenko National Research Center for Neurosurgery of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Podlepich V.V.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Krilov K.Yu.

Russian Federation of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists, Russia

Sychev A.A.

FGBU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko" RAMN, Moskva

Tabasaranskiĭ T.F.

FGBU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. N.N. Burdenko" RAMN, Moskva

Pashin A.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Lubnin A.Yu.

Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russia, N.N. Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia

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