Barotraumatic cerebral air embolism and the mental status examination: A report of four cases

1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom S Neuman ◽  
John M Hallenbeck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Status ◽  
Air Embolism ◽  
Cerebral Air Embolism ◽  
Mental Status Examination

scholarly journals Cortical Blindness and Altered Mental Status following Routine Hemodialysis, a Case of Iatrogenic Cerebral Air Embolism

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Lawrence Lau ◽  
Kory London
Keyword(s):  
Mental Status ◽  
Air Embolism ◽  
Altered Mental Status ◽  
Cortical Blindness ◽  
Cerebral Veins ◽  
Dialysis Tubing ◽  
Cerebral Air Embolism ◽  
Left Thalamus ◽  
Air Embolus ◽  
Hyperbaric Therapy

Cerebral air embolism is a known complication from a myriad of iatrogenic causes. This case describes a 60-year-old female presenting from hemodialysis with altered mental status, bilateral homonymous hemianopia, and repetitive speech. A noncontrast head CT revealed air in the vein of Galen and the deep cerebral veins of the left thalamus and occipital sulcus, a complication from air being introduced into the patient via improper flushing of dialysis tubing. The retrograde flow of air bubbles in the upright patient during dialysis was likely responsible for the air embolus lodging in the cerebral vasculature. This patient was transferred to receive hyperbaric therapy, whereupon the patient survived with residual attention and spatial deficits.

A method for quantifying a mental status examination

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Spaulding ◽  
M. Richlin ◽  
J. D. Phelan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Status ◽  
Mental Status Examination

scholarly journals Postoperative cerebral air embolism with delayed abnormal brain MRI findings

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 100305
Author(s):  
Yuwa Oka ◽  
Koji Tsuzaki ◽  
Mayu Kamei ◽  
Akihiro Kikuya ◽  
Toshiaki Hamano
Keyword(s):  
Brain Mri ◽  
Air Embolism ◽  
Mri Findings ◽  
Cerebral Air Embolism ◽  
Abnormal Brain

Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Disorder

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Sabaawi ◽  
Jose Gutierrez-Nunez ◽  
M. Richard Fragala
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Mental Status ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Steroid Treatment ◽  
Schizophreniform Disorder ◽  
Schizophrenic Psychosis ◽  
Neurologic Involvement ◽  
Mental Status Examination ◽  
Psychiatric Manifestations

A patient whose clinical presentation met criteria for schizophreniform disorder was ultimately found to have neurosarcoidosis, and the psychiatric symptoms responded to steroid treatment. The ongoing search for organic etiology was prompted by the presence of cognitive decline, perseveration and rare bizarre automatisms. This is virtually the first reported association between schizophreniform disorder and sarcoidosis. We reviewed the literature on neurologic involvement and psychiatric manifestations in sarcoidosis as well as the concurrence between organicity and schizophrenic psychosis. The importance of attending to all elements of the mental status examination in a patient with complex atypical findings is underscored.

scholarly journals Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Jung Um ◽  
Soo-Keol Lee ◽  
Doo Kyung Yang ◽  
Choonhee Son ◽  
Ki Nam Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Needle Biopsy ◽  
Air Embolism ◽  
Cerebral Air Embolism ◽  
Transthoracic Needle Biopsy ◽  
Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
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