Inadvertent hypothermia causes pulseless electrical activity in a patient during cervical spine surgery - A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 145-148

  Lee, H L ^a   Lin, C M ^a   Hsu, J C ^a   Hwang, S J ^a   Yang, C Y ^a   Wu, C Y ^a   Lui, P W ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart arrest; Hypothermia; Intraoperative complication

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATRACURIUM; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; HEART ENZYME; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NASOPHARYNX; PATIENT MONITORING; RESUSCITATION; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0034792810     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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