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Report of a Case

Jon T. Mader, MD; William H. Hulet, MD

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(8):504-505.

Abstract
• A 23-year-old woman with Eisenmenger's complex had a cerebral air embolism with resultant severe neurologic impairment while undergoing phlebotomy for secondary polycythemia. She was treated with hyperbaric therapy 29 hours after the original accident with almost complete recovery of neurologic function.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Internal Medicine and the Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 3, 1977.

Reprint requests to Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550 (Dr Mader).

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