Severe air embolism resulting from a perforated cap on a high-flow three-way stopcock connected to a central venous catheter.

Collyer, T C

Severe air embolism resulting from a perforated cap on a high-flow three-way stopcock connected to a central venous catheter. [electronic resource] - European journal of anaesthesiology May 2007 - 474-5 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Letter

0265-0215

10.1017/s0265021506002158 doi


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