ISSN:
1432-1920
Keywords:
Key words Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
;
Intracranial gas
;
Computed tomography
;
postmortem
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We report four patients in whom gas was seen in the head on CT shortly after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The gas was in the posterior cranial fossa, presumably within veins, or in the cavernous sinus. The cause of the cardiac arrest was myocardial infarction in three patients and hanging in one. All had peripheral or central venous lines. The mechanism by which gas appeared in the intracranial veins is discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002340050557
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