Post-anesthesia paradoxical vocal cord motion successfully treated with midazolam

Anesthesiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 517-519

  Roberts, Kevin W ^a   Crnkovic, Anica ^b   Steiniger, Joseph R ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Postoperative stridor

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIDOR; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDAZOLAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0031877165     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199808000-00030     Document Type: Article

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