Pituitary apoplexy after cardiac surgery presenting as deep coma with dilated pupils

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-238

  Wiesmann, Martin ^a,c   Gliemroth, J ^b   Kehler, U ^b   Missler, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine coma; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INJURY SCALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUPIL DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032936684     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430222.x     Document Type: Article

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