TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Air Embolism A1 - Dao, Hiep A2 - Freeman, Brian S. A2 - Berger, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One Basic Exam AB - The first cases of vascular air embolism (VAE) in both pediatric and adult patients were first reported as early as the nineteenth century. Vascular air embolism is the entrainment of air (or delivered gas) from the operative field or environment into the venous or arterial vasculature, producing systemic effects. Many cases are subclinical and go unreported. Historically, VAE is most often associated with sitting position craniotomies (posterior fossa) but we should also be suspicious of VAE during procedures where gas may be entrained under pressure, both within the peritoneal cavity or vascular access. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/12/05 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102568107 ER -