Fatal outcome due to CO₂ emboli during direct cholangioscopy

Gut. 2018 Aug;67(8):1378-1379. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-313988. Epub 2017 Mar 30.

Authors

Alexander Hann¹, Eugen Zizer¹, Klaus Egger², Hans-Dieter Allescher³, Alexander Meining¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine, HELIOS Klinikum Munich Perlach, Munich, Germany.
³ Medical Department, Klinikum Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

PMID: 28360098
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-313988

No abstract available

Keywords: BILIARY ENDOSCOPY.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide / adverse effects*
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / adverse effects*
Embolism, Air / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Insufflation / adverse effects

Substances

Carbon Dioxide