Open AccessU turn to venous air embolism
Author(s) -
Harsimran Singh,
Anurag Tewari,
Balvinder Kaur,
Suchita Garg
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.56055
Subject(s) - medicine , turn (biochemistry) , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , biochemistry , chemistry
There is a definitive risk of venous air embolism when the fluid infusion is complete and the drip set is still open in a glass bottle.We have devised a novel way of preventing the chances of air embolism when the fluid in the glass bottle finishes. It really gives a "U" turn to the chances of venous air embolism.