Certainty
Very low
Chapters
35, 38a
Clinical implication
Venous access open to air near the drainage cannula, especially with an intracardiac right-to-left communication, is a route to systemic air embolism.
Comparator
None
Design
Case series
Identifier
DOI 10.1177/0267659120918471; PMID 32423312
Intervention
Not applicable (air entry events)
Limitations
Three cases, abstract only read, configuration not stated in abstract.
Main result
Air entered from a right jugular venous sheath during percutaneous septal repair, a pulmonary artery catheter in ICU, and sewing holes on the atrial wall during surgery. Cases 2 and 3 managed successfully; case 1 suspected cerebral air embolism through transseptal right-to-left shunt.
Population
Three patients on ECMO. Perfusion 2021;36(1):97-99 (online May 2020).
Verified
Year
2020