Inadvertent inhalation anaesthesia during surgery under retrobulbar eye block

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 793-794

  Smith, William Quentin ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, retrobulbar; Complications, apnoea; Surgery, ophthalmological

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETROBULBAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031740751     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.5.793     Document Type: Article

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