Asystole from tetanic stimulation of the accessory nerve

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1148-1150

  Scott, P V ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; cardiac arrest; Nerve, stimulator

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; SKULL BASE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030465810     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15053.x     Document Type: Article

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