Venous air embolism and selective denervation for torticollis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-553

  Lobato, Emilio B ^a   Black, Susan ^a   De Soto, Hernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kls Martin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TORTICOLLIS;

ADULT; DENERVATION; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0031046663     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199703000-00015     Document Type: Article

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