Pseudomonas cepacia induced septic shock after propofol - A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-56

  Yu, Huang Ping ^a   Tang, Gau Jun ^a,c   Liaw, Wen Jinn ^b   Yien, Huey Wen ^a   Lee, Tak Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, general; Propofol; Shock, septic

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIKACIN; ANEGYN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; NORADRENALIN; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0034115441     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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