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NEUROLOGY 1991;41:314
© 1991 American Academy of Neurology

Cerebral air embolism treated by pressure and hyperbaric oxygen

P. W. Catron, MD, A. J. Dutka, MD, D. M. Biondi, DO, E. T. Flynn, MD and J. M. Hallenbeck, MD

Neurology Department (Drs. Catron, Dutka, Biondi, and Hallen- beck), National Naval Medical Center, and Diving Medicine Department (Drs. Dutka and Flynn), Naval Medical Research Institute, Beth&, MD.

We used pressure and hyperbaric oxygen to treat 2 patients with cerebral air embolism, occurring as the result of invasive medical procedures, and neither suffered any permanent damage detectable by clinical examination and MRI. This outcome contrasts with reports of infarct and disability among untreated victims of air embolism.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Phillip W. Catron. CAPT, MC, USN. Neurosciences Department, Naval Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134.

Presented in part at the 41st annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Chicago, IL, April 1989.

Received February 22, 1990. Accepted for publication in final form July 10, 1990.






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