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| Year : 2009 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 2 | Page : 92--93 |
U turn to venous air embolism
Harsimran Singh1, Anurag Tewari1, Balvinder Kaur2, Suchita Garg1
1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
2 Department of Paediatric, Ludhiana Medicity Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Correspondence Address:
Harsimran Singh
Dept of Anaesthesiology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, 48 lal bagh Ludhiana 142 021
India
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.56055 PMID: 19881190
There is a definitive risk of venous air embolism when the fluid infusion is complete and the drip set is still open in a glass bottle.We have devised a novel way of preventing the chances of air embolism when the fluid in the glass bottle finishes. It really gives a "U" turn to the chances of venous air embolism.
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