RT Book, Section A1 Dao, Hiep A2 Freeman, Brian S. A2 Berger, Jeffrey S. SR Print(0) ID 1102568107 T1 Air Embolism T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One Basic Exam YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071821377 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102568107 RD 2024/03/29 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.