Intraoperative cardiac tamponade after central venous cannulation in an infant during orthotopic liver transplantation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 342-343

  Leech, Richard C ^a   Watts, Andrew D J ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   Potter, Dennis R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032812059     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00018     Document Type: Article

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