Epileptic seizure during awake carotid endarterectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 885-886

  Stoneham, Mark D ^a,b   Bree, Steve E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CERVICAL PLEXUS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 0032875159     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00011     Document Type: Article

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