Sudden unexpected death following stellate ganglion block

Legal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 262-265

  Kashiwagi, Masayuki ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^b   Tsuji, Akiko ^b   Kudo, Keiko ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Medical malpractice; Post tracheal hematoma; Stellate ganglion block

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYSPNEA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALPRACTICE; PAIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0033507012     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(99)80048-0     Document Type: Article

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