Acute respiratory insufficiency during interscalene plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1415-1416

  Kempen, Paul M ^a   O'Donnell, John ^a   Lawler, Robert ^a   Mantha, Venkat ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; STRIDOR; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0034128365     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200006000-00029     Document Type: Article

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