Anaesthetic management of a child with a positive family history of malignant hyperthermia for posterior fossa surgery in the sitting position

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 498-500

  Wootton, M A ^a   Lockie, J ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignant hyperthermia; Posterior fossa surgery; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PIPERIDINES; POSTURE; PROPOFOL;

EID: 0034943941     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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