Respiratory arrest following intrathecal injection of sufentanil and bupivacaine in a parturient

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 880-883

  Katsiris, Sandra ^a   Williams, Sandy ^a   Leighton, Barbara L ^a   Halpern, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NALOXONE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0032412133     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012223     Document Type: Article

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