Truncal Rigidity as a Result of Epidural Sufentanil - A Case Report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-190

  Mao, Chih Chieh ^a   Chang, Wen Kuei ^b   Huang, Ying Che ^b   Poon, Kin Shing ^b   Chan, Kwok Hon ^b   Lee, Tak Yu ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analgesia, epidural; Muscle rigidity; Opioids: sufentanil

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SUFENTANIL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; THORAX;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; SUFENTANIL; THORAX;

EID: 0031217740     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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