Fatal pulmonary embolism during knee surgery under epidural anesthesia

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-396

  Kato, Seiji ^a,b   Okada, Katsurako ^a   Sakuramoto, Chieko ^a   Okutomi, Toshiyuki ^a   Takenaka, Tomoaki ^a   Goto, Fumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 0030909765     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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