Asystole following laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation: A case report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-285

  Cheong, K F ^a   Manivannan, G K ^a   Yau, G H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

anasthesia; cardiac arrhythmias; complications

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 0030011763     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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