- Original Article
- A case of pulmonary vascular air embolism in the newborn.
-
Won Soon Park, Beom Soo Park, Hye Kyung Han, Jung Hwan Choi, Chong Ku Yun, Kyoung Mo Yeon, Je Geun Chi
-
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(10):1422-1427. Published online October 31, 1991
-
|
Pulmonary vascular air embolism is a rare, and almost invariably fatal complication of positive
pressure ventilation of newborn infants. There have only been 53 cases described in the world
literature to date.
We have experienced a case of pulmonary vascular air embolism in a premature newborn as a
complication of mechanical ventilation during the course of respiratory distress syndrome.
The pathophysiology and clinical characteristics of... |
-
-
|