Dilated Pupil during Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: What Does It Mean?

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-33

  Badia, Lydia ^a,b   Lund, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIASIS; NOSE POLYP; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PUPIL REFLEX; SINUSITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYDRIASIS; NASAL POLYPS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SINUSITIS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035228106     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065801781329392     Document Type: Article

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