Postoperative Guillain-Barré syndrome, arachnoiditis, and epidural analgesia

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 486-489

  Rosenberg, Samuel K ^a   Stacey, Brett R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Guillain barr syndrome, arachnoiditis, epidural anesthesia, electromyography, postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; FAMOTIDINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; MEPREDNISONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORACOTOMY;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ARACHNOIDITIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0029791150     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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