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The technique and positioning of a patient during many invasive procedures plays a role in the risk of a patient developing air embolism.

↑ Nissar Shaikh & Firdous Ummunisa (2009). "Acute management of vascular air embolism". Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock. 2 (3): 180–185. doi:10.4103/0974-2700.55330. PMID 20009308. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Nissar Shaikh & Firdous Ummunisa (2009). "Acute management of vascular air embolism". Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock. 2 (3): 180–185. doi:10.4103/0974-2700.55330. PMID 20009308. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ J. P. Flanagan, I. A. Gradisar, R. J. Gross & T. R. Kelly (1969). "Air embolus--a lethal complication of subclavian venipuncture". The New England journal of medicine. 281 (9): 488–489. doi:10.1056/NEJM196908282810907. PMID 5796967. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Nissar Shaikh & Firdous Ummunisa (2009). "Acute management of vascular air embolism". Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock. 2 (3): 180–185. doi:10.4103/0974-2700.55330. PMID 20009308. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ J. Aharon-Peretz, Y. Adir, C. R. Gordon, S. Kol, N. Gal & Y. Melamed (1993). "Spinal cord decompression sickness in sport diving". Archives of neurology. 50 (7): 753–756. PMID 8323480. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)