Anaesthetic complications of acromegaly

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-182

  Seidman, P A ^a,b   Kofke, W A ^a,b   Policare, R ^a   Young, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Complications; Neurological; Surgery

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

EID: 0033977602     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013400     Document Type: Article

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