Anaesthetic management of an infant with anterior mediastinal mass

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-443

  Vas, Lakshmi ^a   Naregal, Falguni ^a   Naik, Veena ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

Airways obstruction; Mediastinal mass

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; HALOTHANE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NERVE BLOCK; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032795995     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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