Anaesthetic implications of rigid spine syndrome

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 352-355

  Jørgensen, Bent G ^a,b   Laub, Michael ^a   Knudsen, Rolf H ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Muscle dystrophy; Postoperative care; Respiratory insufficiency; Rigid spine syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PALATE MALFORMATION; PALATOPLASTY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ISOFLURANE; MAXILLARY DISEASES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PALATE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROPOFOL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032983296     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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