Anaesthesia for chronic spinal cord lesions

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-289

  Hambly, P R ^a   Martin, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications, trauma, spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER DISTENSION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE SPASM; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWEATING;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031883926     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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