Acute Horner syndrome due to thoracic epidural analgesia in a paediatric patient

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-91

  Aronson, Lori A ^a   Parker, Gwenevere C ^a   Valley, Robert ^a   Norfleet, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Epidural; Horner Syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENOPHTHALMOS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MIOSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; THORACOTOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033984272     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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