Preoperative marijuana inhalation - An airway concern

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 691-693

  Mallat, Annmarie ^a   Roberson, Joseph ^b   Brock Utne, John G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b California Ear Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ABUSE: marijuana; AIRWAY: obstruction; ANAESTHESIA: postoperative; COMPLICATIONS: uvular oedema; marijuana; PHARMACOLOGY: dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DEXAMETHASONE; ISOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; PALATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029768844     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03017953     Document Type: Article

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