Needle phobia and malignant vasovagal syndrome

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1002-1004

  Hart, P S ^a,b   Yanny, W ^a  

^a Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; malignant vasovagal syndrome

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALIGNANT VASOVAGAL SYNDROME; NEEDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; SYNCOPE; TILTING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 0031685488     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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