Question
Venous air embolism is most common in which position in surgery
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Sitting
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Prone
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Lateral
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Lithotomy
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Show Answer
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Correct Answer � A
Explanation
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Answer- A. Sitting
- Vascular air embolism (VAE) is known since the early nineteenth century.
- It is the entrainment of air or gas from the operative field or other communications into the venous or arterial vasculature.
- High-risk surgeries for VAE are sitting position and posterior fossa neurosurgeries, cesarean section, laparoscopic, orthopedic, surgeries invasive procedures, pulmonary overpressure syndrome, and decompression syndrome.
- A large bolus of air can lead to the right ventricular airlock and immediate fatality.
