Perioperative medical management and outcome following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 446-451

  Chevalley, Catherine ^a   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^a   de Perrot, Marc ^a   Tschopp, Jean Marie ^b   Licker, Marc ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Thorax Medical Center of Montana   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PREDNISONE; PROPOFOL; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SUFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOLUTION; EXTUBATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034961426     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03028306     Document Type: Article

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