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Intracranial gas on CT after Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 4 cases

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We report four patients in whom gas was seen in the head on CT shortly after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The gas was in the posterior cranial fossa, presumably within veins, or in the cavernous sinus. The cause of the cardiac arrest was myocardial infarction in three patients and hanging in one. All had peripheral or central venous lines. The mechanism by which gas appeared in the intracranial veins is discussed.

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  1. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 840, Japan Tel. +81-74 42-2-30 51 (ext. 34 43); Fax +81-74 42-2-59 92, , , , , , JP

    M. Imanishi, A. Nishimura, H. Tabuse & S. Miyamoto

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan, , , , , , JP

    T. Sakaki

  3. Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan, , , , , , JP

    S. Iwasaki

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  1. M. Imanishi
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Received: 21 October 1996 Accepted: 19 June 1997

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Imanishi, M., Nishimura, A., Tabuse, H. et al. Intracranial gas on CT after Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 4 cases. Neuroradiology 40, 154–157 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050557

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