Are Doppler-detected venous emboli during cesarean section air emboli? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The incidence of venous emboli during cesarean section was studied using simultaneous precordial ultrasonic Doppler monitoring and two-dimensional echocardiography. Forty-nine patients receiving either general or continuous epidural anesthesia in the horizontal position were monitored with both Doppler monitoring and echocardiography. There was excellent correlation between the embolic events detected by Doppler monitoring and by echocardiography (kappa value = 1). The incidence of venous emboli was 29% (14/49). The venous emboli detected by Doppler monitoring were indeed air emboli, not amniotic fluid or thromboemboli, as illustrated by their echocardiographic appearance.

publication date

  • September 1, 1990

Research

keywords

  • Cesarean Section
  • Embolism, Air

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0025224798

PubMed ID

  • 2203279

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 71

issue

  • 3