Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology: Open Access

Weil-Cornell Medicine College, Qatar

Publications

• Review Article   
  COVID-19 Pandemic and Embolic Manifestations; Old Topic and a New Visit
  Author(s): Nabil A. Shallik*, Nissar Shaikh, A. Raju Vegesna, Ahmed Lafir Aliyar and Yasser Ali Hammad
  
  Perioperative embolism increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Fat Embolism Syndrome (FES), and Vascular Air Embolism (VAE) are a relatively common embolic phenomenon in the perioperative period. Surgical intervention causes tissue injury, hypercoagulability, and venous stasis. The incidence of pulmonary embolism varies with the type of surgical interventions, and hip hemi-arthroplasty has a higher incidence, whereas the laparoscopic surgeries have a lower incidence of pulmonary embolism. Various risk predispose to a perioperative pulmonary embolism. CTPA (Computerized Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography) has high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) should be started as soon as pulmonary embolism is suspected. FES is the organ dysfunction caused by fat emboli. FES can be di.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/jcao.2020.4.120

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