Ischaemic stroke, preventable with tissue adhesive
  • Pieter Bothma
    Hyperbaric Medicine, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, UK - Intensive Care Department, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, UK
  • Goncalo Campos
    Intensive Care Department, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, UK
  • Ananda Shakya
    JIntensive Care Department, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, UK

Keywords

Acute ischaemic stroke, air embolism, CVC, central venous catheter

Abstract

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
This Letter comments on the following case report:
Abu-Abaa M, Dawood G, Arshad H, Mousa A, Jumaah O. Acute ischaemic stroke by a different mechanism. EJCRIM 2022;9:doi:10.12890/2022_003618.

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    Published: 2023-02-28
    Issue: 2023: Vol 10 No 2 (view)

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    Bothma P, Campos G, Shakya A. Ischaemic stroke, preventable with tissue adhesive. EJCRIM 2023;10 doi:10.12890/2023_003739.