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thanks Alex!Erich 06:00, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Air emboli as a complication of medical procedures is actually fairly common, it is rare that it causes symptoms however. Arterial embolism seems to usualy be a paradoxical embolous resulting from increased right sided pressure and a patent foramen ovale, so I added that in. I also added a bit about neurosurgery and central lines. Osmodiar 08:02, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Here's an article regarding the use of Trendelenburg positioning in the treatment of air emboli. It's older, but I think it still holds water. And the argument for positioning has been debated for a while, though one of the best arguments I've heard is, "What does it hurt?" PMID 3341824 69.85.217.250 (talk) 14:00, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am a trauma surgeon and have encountered massive air emboli to the heart several times. I never use the Tredelenberg position (which is the "dubious" position) but always use the left lateral decubitus position (which is the medically recommended position). I indeed have seen air embolus strokes from this condition from lack of appropriate positioning by uninformed medical personnel who have not recognised the dangers of a supine position in this uncommon but potentially very dangerous situation.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.204.212.179 (talk • contribs) 02:12, 20 March 2013
I came here looking for how an embolism causes death precisely; that information should probably be in the lead but instead it is burried in the second paragraph. Thoughts? BFD1 12:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The statement that it doesn't cause instant death needs reviewing. It depends on what you mean with 'instant'. If a large enough air bubble is injected into a vein it can physically hault the blood flow when arriving at thinner vessels, and thus cause a heart attack. Its simple physics: a compressible volume (air bubble) injected into an incompressible flowing system (blood). Death will follow maybe not instantaneously but very quickly. I added an extra link for additional reference.
201.26.118.167 19:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers, Swampy. 203.48.101.131 (talk) 02:47, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If the pressure in veins above the heart (i.e. head and neck) is lower than atmospheric, why do we bleed when hurt in those areas? Am I missing something here? Ronen.
You are not missing something, you are simply confusing arteries and veins. You bleed from your arteries, which are the high pressure, "out" part of the blood system which is always above atmospheric pressure, whereas the veins are a low pressure "return" part which can (but not always) be below atmospheric pressure at the head. Arfgab (talk) 20:32, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
How does an air bubble cause death? And is it painful? 72.82.17.62
How can blowing air into the vagina cause an embolism? There's no 'open' blood vessels that just accept air, right? You could get a bubble in your uterus but that still wouldn't be air in the blood.
Well, watch 1000 ways to die, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.188.102.28 (talk) 07:51, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Given that this is about a technical medical condition I am unconvinced that the Pop culture section makes a useful contribution. In practice, this section probably undermines the rest of the article by introducing red herrings, muddying the arguement with confused ideas and perpetuating urban myths. There may be cases where a Pop section is useful, but rarely in an article that sets out to deal with science. It is proposed that this section be deleted; your comment is invited, I'll leave it up for a few days. Ex nihil (talk) 02:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This page really needs a separate section about symptoms. Finding the symptoms in the body of the text is currently very difficult. 130.195.86.37 (talk) 21:02, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
112.79.44.30 posted this comment on 11 September 2013 (view all feedback).
i want details regarding gas embolism during cardio pulmonary bypass
Anyone from medical project that can help?
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[edit]Do we really need this new section In society and culture? My conviction is that it belittles and trivialises the page, which is dealing with a technical issue. It does not help anybody likely to come to this page to learn something about the subject. We certainly don't need SPOILER ALERT notices in here, it turns it into a popular journal. I was going to just delete the new section but thought that I would seek other views first. Exnihil (talk) 13:13, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]