The anaesthetic management of a case of Kawasaki's disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) and Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome presenting with a bleeding tongue

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 500-502

  Thomas, M L ^a   McEwan, A ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Beckwith Weidemann syndrome; Kawasaki's disease; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATRACURIUM; GELATIN SUCCINATE; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIATHERMY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FALLING; FLUID THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LACERATION; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE DISEASE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANTICOAGULANTS; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; SHOCK; TONGUE;

EID: 0031784680     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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