Peripartum management of a patient with Isaacs' syndrome

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1174-1177

  Morgan, P J ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYOTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031463549     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013340     Document Type: Article

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