Resuscitation of a preterm infant with massive air embolism

The imaging report provided by Hentschel et al is titled ‘Resuscitation of a preterm infant with massive air embolism’.1 The authors cite papers by Lee and Tanswell2 and Richter et al,3 the titles of which also both refer to air embolism. However, in the report by Lee and Tanswell, the majority of babies in their series were receiving high concentrations of oxygen; for the 27 babies where the information was available, the mean inspired oxygen concentration was 90%, and the majority of the 23 others were receiving mechanical ventilation at high pressures, suggesting that they also were receiving high concentrations of oxygen. Similarly, in the case report by Richter et al, the baby’s inspired oxygen concentration was reported to be 100%. Despite the titles of the papers, therefore, they appear to be reports of gas embolism and not air embolism. Hentschel et al...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tags: PostScript Source Type: research