Acute airway obstruction in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia during central venous catheterization

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 516-519

  Sanderson, Peter Mark ^a,c   Hartsilver, Emma ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; MIVACURIUM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRIN FORMATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRONCHI; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THROMBOSIS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031725025     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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