Epidural anesthesia and pulmonary function in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 878-879

  Hara, Kaoru ^a   Sakura, Shinichi ^a   Saito, Yoji ^a   Maeda, Mayumi ^a   Kosaka, Yosihiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; MEPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INGUINAL HERNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SURGICAL PATIENT; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029972371     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199610000-00040     Document Type: Article

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