Complete Recovery of an Iatrogenic Venous Gaseous Embolism (VGE) Clinical Presentation Thanks to a Timely Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Treatment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Zanon, V.; Magri, S.; Bonera, G.; Camporesi, E. Complete Recovery of an Iatrogenic Venous Gaseous Embolism (VGE) Clinical Presentation Thanks to a Timely Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Treatment. Oxygen 2022, 2, 616-620. https://doi.org/10.3390/oxygen2040041
Zanon V, Magri S, Bonera G, Camporesi E. Complete Recovery of an Iatrogenic Venous Gaseous Embolism (VGE) Clinical Presentation Thanks to a Timely Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Treatment. Oxygen. 2022; 2(4):616-620. https://doi.org/10.3390/oxygen2040041
Chicago/Turabian StyleZanon, Vincenzo, Silvia Magri, Giulia Bonera, and Enrico Camporesi. 2022. "Complete Recovery of an Iatrogenic Venous Gaseous Embolism (VGE) Clinical Presentation Thanks to a Timely Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Treatment" Oxygen 2, no. 4: 616-620. https://doi.org/10.3390/oxygen2040041