A successful continuous spinal anesthetic in a patient with preoperative baseline hypercapnia exceeding 100 mm Hg

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-593

  Sprung, Juraj ^a   Correia, Randall ^a   Schoenwald, Peter K ^a   Bhambani, Ritu ^a   O'Hara, Patrick ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031951327     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199803000-00030     Document Type: Article

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