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Case Reports
. 1987 Aug;92(2):364-5.
doi: 10.1378/chest.92.2.364.

Acute pulmonary edema caused by venous air embolism after removal of a subclavian catheter

M Kuhn, J W Fitting, P Leuenberger
Case Reports

Acute pulmonary edema caused by venous air embolism after removal of a subclavian catheter

M Kuhn et al. Chest. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

A 17-year-old boy, who had received chemotherapy for a relapse of acute myelogenous leukemia, manifested a brief loss of consciousness and acute pulmonary edema immediately after the removal of a triple-lumen subclavian catheter. This complication was attributed to a venous air embolism.

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