Polymyoclonus resulting from possible accidental subdural injection of local anesthetic

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 692-693

  Dreskin, Stephen ^a   Bajwa, Zahid H ^a,b   Lehmann, Lance ^a,b   Warfield, Carol A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; STEROIDS; SUBDURAL SPACE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 0031038984     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199703000-00042     Document Type: Article

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