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Allen E. Yeakel, MD

JAMA. 1968;204(3):267-269.

Abstract
A 50-year-old man suffered lethal air embolism during a carotid endarterectomy performed with the patient under general anesthesia. The embolized air probably gained access to a plastic blood bag when the administration set which drained the bag was changed during transfusion. The air entering a blood bag during venting was measured as a function of the volume of blood remaining. The greatest volume of air measured was 136 ml which was entrapped in a bag holding 200 ml of blood.

Author Affiliations
From the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Divison of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, WVa 26508 (Dr. Yeakel).

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