embolus
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An embolus can occur when amniotic fluid gets into the maternal bloodstream.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
Prof Kinsey told the court the skin discolorations observed on Child A had "cemented" her concerns that he had suffered an air embolus.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2022
Fat in the bloodstream after an injury like mine signaled the possibility of a fat embolus, a rare but potentially fatal complication of long-bone fractures.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2015
This is often caused by an embolus, which may be a blood clot or fat deposit.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Sarcoma may invade an adjacent vein on such a scale that if the invading portion becomes detached it may constitute a dangerous embolus.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Several months into the pandemic, doctors and scientists began to recognize that the coronavirus was causing blood clots, leading to strokes, heart attacks and emboli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Andrew Ladores passed on June 2 at the age of 49 due to pulmonary emboli that irreparably damaged his lungs and kidneys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
The death rate following the procedure was found to be 1 in 3,000 and all the fatal cases investigated featured fat emboli being found in the buttock muscle, he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2018
How do they escape the “bends”? The phenomenon where dissolved nitrogen resurfaces as bubbles causing emboli?
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
In this form the little vegetations are liable to become loosened, fly off into the blood stream, and cause emboli in different parts of the body.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
